64AOrder reopening closed cemetery

64A Order reopening closed cemetery

(1) On the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor in Council, by order published in the Government Gazette, may reopen a closed cemetery or part of a closed cemetery.

(2) The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless he or she is satisfied that it is in the public interest to reopen the closed cemetery or part of the closed cemetery.

(3) An order under subsection (1) may be made in respect of—

(a) a public cemetery or part of a public cemetery closed under section 62; or

(b) a cemetery, burial ground or place of burial discontinued under section 44 of the Cemeteries Act 1958, as in force immediately before its repeal or under any corresponding previous enactment.

(4) An order under subsection (1) may be subject to any conditions that the Governor in Council thinks fit.

(5) An order under subsection (1) must not be made in respect of a historic cemetery park.

S. 64B inserted by No. 61/2009 s. 39.