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Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
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#### 67 Order for interment
67 Order for interment
> > (1) A person must not carry out an interment in a cemetery unless the person holds an order for interment issued by the cemetery operator for the cemetery.
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> > Maximum penalty—250 penalty units.
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> > (1A) A cemetery operator must issue an order for interment in writing.
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> > (1B) A cemetery operator must not issue an order for interment that—
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> > > (a) applies to more than 1 site, or
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> > > (b) permits the interment of the remains of more than 1 person at the interment site unless the remains will be interred at the same time.
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> > (2) A cemetery operator must not unreasonably delay or withhold from making an order for interment.
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> > (3) A cemetery operator may set down the procedure to be followed to obtain an order for interment.
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> > (4) A cemetery operator must keep, for the period prescribed by the regulations, a record of the issue of an order for interment.
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> > (5) Subsection (4) does not affect the operation of the [State Records Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-017) or the regulations made under that Act.
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> **s 67:** Am 2025 No 32, Sch 1\[39\] \[40\].