Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2020
58Register of licences
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58 Register of licences (1) The regulator must keep a register of licences to operate a facility. (2) The register must include the following information: (a) for each licence given under section 49— (i) the name and contact details of the licensee; and (ii) the unique identifying number of the licence; and (iii) the unique identifying number of the facility; and (iv) the term of the licence; and (v) if the licence is subject to conditions—the conditions; (b) if a licence is amended under section 51— (i) a description of the amendment; and (ii) the reasons for the amendment; and (iii) the date the amendment starts; (c) if a licence is amended under division 5.1 (Disciplinary action)— (i) a description of the amendment; and (ii) the reasons for the amendment; and (iii) the date the amendment starts; (d) if a licence is transferred under section 52—the name of the person to whom the licence is transferred; (e) if a licence is surrendered under section 53—the date the licence is surrendered;
(f) if a licence is suspended under section 70 (Immediate suspension of licence—danger to public health) or section 71 (Disciplinary action—no immediate danger to public health)— (i) the reason the licence is suspended; and (ii) the date the suspension starts and ends; (g) if a licence is cancelled under division 5.1— (i) the reason the licence is cancelled; and (ii) the date the cancellation starts. (3) The regulator must make the information on the register available for public inspection. (4) The regulator may correct a mistake, error or omission in the register. (5) The regulator may change a detail included in the register to keep it up-to-date. Division 4.4 Licensee’s operating procedures, register and records Subdivision 4.4.1 Standard operating procedures 59 Standard cemetery operating procedures (1) The licensee of a cemetery must make and keep written procedures for the cemetery (the standard cemetery operating procedures) including procedures for the following: (a) allocating a unique identifying number for the human remains of each deceased person buried at the facility; (b) transporting and moving human remains at the cemetery; (c) burying human remains in a site at the cemetery; (d) exhuming human remains from a site at the cemetery;
(e) interring cremated remains in a site at the cemetery; (f) disinterring cremated remains from a site at the cemetery; (g) resolving complaints to the licensee about any activities mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f); (h) anything else prescribed by regulation. (b) does not make the standard cemetery operating procedures. (b) does not keep the standard cemetery operating procedures. (b) does not review the standard operating procedures at least every 2 years.