16Additional particulars required to be included in cemetery operator’s register

16 Additional particulars required to be included in cemetery operator’s register

16 Additional particulars required to be included in cemetery operator’s register

For the Act, section 63(3), a cemetery operator’s register must contain the following particulars, in addition to any other particulars required that must be included in the register under the Act—

(a) in relation to each interment of human remains—

(i) the section and allotment where the interment has been made, and

(ii) whether the section and allotment are located in a part of the cemetery consecrated for use by a cultural or religious group, and

(iii) the cultural or religious practices, if any, that apply to the remains, and

(iv) the name of the funeral director or other person who transported the remains to the cemetery, and

(v) the fees paid to the cemetery authority for the interment,

(b) in relation to human remains that are disturbed or removed—

(i) the name of the person whose remains are disturbed or removed, and

(ii) whether the remains were located in a part of the cemetery consecrated for use by a cultural or religious group, and

(iii) whether any cultural or religious practices apply to the remains and, if so, what those practices are, and

(iv) the steps taken under section 5 to ascertain the information referred to in subparagraph (iii), and

(v) the source of that information.

Note—

Section 13(1)(a) and (c) require the particulars to which they refer to be entered in the cemetery operator’s register.