19Application of Cemeteries and Crematoria Amendment Regulation 2022

19 Application of Cemeteries and Crematoria Amendment Regulation 2022

19 Application of Cemeteries and Crematoria Amendment Regulation 2022

(1) Section 4B(3) does not apply to an existing cemetery operator until the following date (the relevant date)—

(a) for a cemetery providing more than 200 interments in the financial year before the commencement of the amending Regulation—30 September 2023, or

(b) for a cemetery providing at least 50, but no more than 199 interments in the financial year before the commencement of the amending Regulation—31 December 2023, or

(c) for a cemetery providing at least 5, but no more than 49 interments in the financial year before the commencement of the amending Regulation—31 March 2024, or

(d) for a cemetery providing at least 1, but no more than 4 interments in the financial year before the commencement of the amending Regulation—30 June 2024, or

(e) for the operator of a crematoria only—30 September 2023, or

(f) for a cemetery not providing any interments in the financial year before the commencement of the amending Regulation or an existing cemetery operator applying for a cemetery operator (caretaker) licence only—30 September 2024.

(2) Section 4B(3) does not apply to an existing cemetery operator after the relevant date if—

(a) the operator has made an application for a licence under this Regulation, and

(b) the application has not been finally determined.

(3) Section 4D(4) and (5) do not apply to an existing cemetery operator.

(4) In this section—

amending Regulation means the Cemeteries and Crematoria Amendment Regulation 2022.

existing cemetery operator means a cemetery operator—

(a) named in the Cemeteries and Crematoria Register immediately before the commencement of the amending Regulation, and

(b) who does not hold a licence.

s 19: Ins 2022 (605), Sch 1[2].