39Power to fix fees and charges for services

39 Power to fix fees and charges for services

(1) A cemetery trust, from time to time, may fix fees and charges or a scale of fees and charges for its services.

(2) In fixing fees and charges under this section, a cemetery trust must have regard to—

(a) the costs of operating and managing the public cemetery; and

S. 39(2)(ab) inserted by No. 61/2009 s. 28(1).

(ab) the fees and charges guidelines, if any; and

(b) the need to provide for the maintenance of the public cemetery in perpetuity.

(3) A cemetery trust may fix different fees and charges for different cases or classes of cases.

S. 39(4) amended by No. 61/2009 s. 28(2).

(4) Fees and charges fixed by a cemetery trust under this section must be approved by the Secretary under section 40, unless they are exempt under section 40A.