121Application for interment approval for interment other than in a public cemetery

121 Application for interment approval for interment other than in a public cemetery

(1) A person who wishes bodily remains to be interred in a place other than a public cemetery may apply to the Secretary for an interment approval.

(2) An application for an interment approval must be—

(a) in the prescribed form; and

S. 121(2)(b) amended by No. 42/2005 s. 4.

(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

(3) An application for an interment approval must be accompanied by one of the following—

(a) a notice under section 37(2) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996; or

S. 121(3)(b) substituted by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch. 2 item 4.2).

(b) a copy of an order made by a coroner under section 47 of the Coroners Act 2008 releasing the body of the deceased to a specified person; or

(c) if the deceased died in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or overseas, a document corresponding to a notice under section 37(2) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 from the jurisdiction where the deceased died; or

(d) if the interment approval is for a still-born child—

(ii) if the still-birth occurred in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or overseas, a document corresponding to a notice of still-birth under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 from the jurisdiction where the still-birth occurred; or

(e) a statutory declaration made by the person arranging the interment stating that, owing to special circumstances, it is not possible to produce the required documents referred to in paragraphs (a), (c) or (d) (as the case requires).