Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2020
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Schedule 1 Reviewable decisions Schedule 1 Reviewable decisions (see pt 11) column 1 item column 2 section column 3 decision column 4 person column 5 decision-maker 1 15 (3) (b) refusal to permit burial other than at cemetery 2 23 (3) (b) refusal to cremate 2 or more people at the same time 3 35 (4) (b) refusal of application for disinterment licensee of facility regulator 4 37 (3) (b) refusal of application for exhumation person who applied chief health officer 5 40 (4) (b) refusal to bury or cremate without certification document 6 49 (3) (b) refusal to give licence person who applied regulator 7 51 (3) (b) refusal to amend licence licensee regulator 8 52 (3) (b) refusal to transfer licence licensee regulator 9 54 (4) (b) refusal of application to close facility licensee regulator 10 70 immediate suspension of licence—danger to public licensee regulator 11 71 disciplinary action licensee regulator
(see s 3) Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act. Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms: • ACAT • chief health officer • Corporations Act • director-general (see s 163) • disallowable instrument (see s 9) • may (see s 146) • must (see s 146) • notifiable instrument (see s 10) • the Territory. acceptable container means— (a) a coffin; or (b) an eco-coffin; or (c) a container approved under section 39. acceptable wrapping means— (a) a shroud; or (b) a wrapping approved under section 39. at premises, for part 6 (Enforcement)—see section 82. authorised person, for part 6 (Enforcement)—see section 82. authority means the Cemeteries and Crematoria Authority established under section 113. authority perpetual care trust—see section 103 (1).
burial area, of a cemetery, means an area of the cemetery allocated for the burial of the human remains of deceased people of a particular denomination, cultural group or other special category. burial site, of a cemetery, includes a crypt, family memorial, lawn burial, mausoleum and natural burial site at the cemetery. cemetery means a place— (a) where human remains are buried, cremated remains are interred and deceased people are memorialised; and (b) operated by the authority. certification document, for the human remains of a deceased person, for part 3 (Burial, cremation, interment or exhumation)—see section 13. chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the authority. code of practice means a code of practice approved by the Minister under section 123. connected, for part 6 (Enforcement)—see section 82. contact details, for a person, includes the person’s home address, postal address (if different from the home address), email address and telephone number. cremated remains means human remains that have been cremated. cremation includes alkaline hydrolysis and other non-fire based methods for breaking down human remains. crematorium means a place— (a) where human remains are cremated, cremated remains are interred and deceased people are memorialised; and (b) operated by a licensee.