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Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
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#### 107 Fees and charges
107 Fees and charges
> > (1) A Crown cemetery operator may from time to time set the fees or charges payable with respect to the following—
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> > > (a) grant of interment rights (including the renewal of renewable interment rights) with respect to interment sites in the cemetery under Part 4,
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> > > (b) use of the whole or any part of the cemetery and any building, structure or enclosure in the cemetery,
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> > > (c) parking or use of any vehicle or class of vehicles in the cemetery,
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> > > (d) use of electricity, gas and water,
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> > > (e) rubbish disposal and cleaning of the cemetery,
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> > > (f) removal of effluent.
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> > (2) The Crown cemetery operator may from time to time set the fees or charges payable for the services provided in respect of the cemetery.
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> > (3) In setting fees and charges, the Crown cemetery operator is to have regard to the following—
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> > > (a) any contractual arrangements entered into by the responsible operator in relation to the cemetery,
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> > > (b) the number of intended interments or cremations,
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> > > (c) the costs of developing the land to be used for interment sites,
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> > > (d) future maintenance,
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> > > (e) infrastructure costs.
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> > (4) Notice of the fees or charges payable under subsection (1) (b)–(f) and (2) is to be published in the Gazette or in another manner prescribed by the regulations, or both.
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> > (5) The Crown cemetery operator is to give the Cemeteries Agency notice of a fee or charge set by it within 3 months (or such other period as may be prescribed by the regulations) after the fee or charge is set.
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> > (6) The Crown cemetery operator may in any particular case waive payment of the whole or any part of any fee or charge set under this section.
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> > (7) Without limiting subsection (6), a Crown cemetery operator may waive payment of part of a fee or charge that is referable to the unexpired portion of a renewable interment right.
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> > (8) The Cemeteries Agency may serve notice on the Crown cemetery operator disallowing or varying any fee or charge as specified in the notice and the operator is to give effect to the Cemeteries Agency’s notice.