Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003
179Review by VCAT
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179 Review by VCAT
(1) A holder of a right of interment may apply to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 for review of a decision of a cemetery trust—
(a) to refuse to grant an approval to establish or alter a memorial or a place of interment in the cemetery; or
(b) to grant an approval to establish or alter a memorial or a place of interment in the cemetery subject to terms and conditions.
(2) An application for review must be made within 28 days after the later of—
(a) the day on which the decision is made; or
(b) if, under the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998, the person requests a statement of reasons for the decision, the day on which the statement of reasons is given to the person or the person is informed under section 46(5) of that Act that a statement of reasons will not be given.