Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2020
30Interment—application
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30 Interment—application (1) A person may apply to the licensee of a facility for the interment of cremated remains at the facility. (b) the name of the deceased person whose cremated remains will be interred in the interment site and their— (c) if the deceased person has a right to interment of cremated remains at the facility—a copy of the certificate of right to interment; and (d) if the deceased person does not have a right to interment of cremated remains at the facility—an application under section 9. (5) If the deceased person has a right to interment at the facility, the licensee must agree to the interment. (6) If the deceased person does not have a right to interment at the facility—the licensee may only accept the application if the licensee gives a right of interment certificate for the deceased person.
Interment Division 3.5 (7) If the licensee agrees to the interment, the licensee must— (a) allocate an interment site that— (i) is on the facility plan for the facility; and (ii) is a kind of interment site and in the interment area mentioned on the right of interment certificate; and (b) allocate a unique identifying number for the interment; and (c) tell the person, in writing, of the licensee’s agreement to the interment, including— (i) the day and time of the scheduled burial; and (ii) the unique identifying number for the interment. (8) If the licensee does not agree to the interment, the licensee must tell the person in writing.