Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
139ARegistrar-General to record cemeteries in Register
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139A Registrar-General to record cemeteries in Register
139A Registrar-General to record cemeteries in Register
(1) The Registrar-General must, on application, record information about land being a cemetery to which this Act applies in the folio of the Register for the land.
(2) An application may be made by the registered proprietor of the land if the land is recorded as a cemetery in the Cemeteries and Crematoria Register.
(3) An application must be—
(a) in the form approved by the Registrar-General, and
(b) accompanied by the fee determined by the Registrar-General, if any.
(4) The Registrar-General may—
(a) correct an error made in the Register relating to a recording of the information, or
(b) remove the information from the Register if the Cemeteries Agency approves.
(5) This section does not limit powers of the Registrar-General under the Real Property Act 1900 to correct the Register.
(6) In this section—
land includes part of the land.
Register means The Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900.
s 139A: Ins 2025 No 32, Sch 1[50].