Burial and Cremation Regulations 2025
43Prohibited activities
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43 Prohibited activities
(1) A person must not –
(a) remove, damage, deface or otherwise interfere with any building, monument, memorial or other fixture or structure in a cemetery; or
(b) damage, deface or otherwise interfere with any part of the grounds of a cemetery, including any plants, flowers or tokens; or
(c) remove any plants or flowers that are growing in a cemetery; or
(d) in any manner, hinder or disturb the performance in a cemetery of any religious or cultural ceremony relating to the interment of human remains; or
(e) without the approval of the cemetery manager, sell any thing in a cemetery; or
(f) without the approval of the cemetery manager, carry on, promote or advertise a trade, profession or business in a cemetery; or
(g) commit any breach of the peace or nuisance, or otherwise behave in an offensive manner, in a cemetery.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the cemetery manager.