Burial and Cremation Regulations 2025
70Prescribed person may enter cemeteries and crematoria
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70 Prescribed person may enter cemeteries and crematoria
(1) The following persons may enter, at any reasonable time, a cemetery or crematorium, for the purpose of determining if the Act (including these regulations) has been, or is being, complied with:
(a) the Director of Local Government;
(b) an authorised officer.
(2) In addition to subregulation (1) , the regulator may enter a cemetery, at any time, for the purpose of determining if the Act (including these regulations) has been, or is being, complied with.
(3) A person who enters a cemetery or crematorium under this regulation, for the purpose of determining if the Act (including these regulations) has been, or is being, complied with, may do any one or more of the following measures:
(a) search the crematorium or cemetery;
(b) require a person to produce any records, documents or other things for inspection;
(c) take extracts from, or make copies of, those records or documents;
(d) take into the crematorium or cemetery any equipment or material reasonably necessary for the purpose of undertaking a measure specified in this regulation;
(e) require a person to give the person entering the cemetery or crematorium under this regulation any assistance that the person so entering requires;
(f) if the person has a reasonable belief that the Act (including these regulations) has been, or is being, contravened, seize any records, documents, samples or other things relevant to the contravention.