4BInterment industry scheme—cemetery operators

4B Interment industry scheme—cemetery operators

4B Interment industry scheme—cemetery operators

(1) For the Act, section 31(1), an interment industry scheme is established under this Part to regulate the provision of interment services by cemetery operators.

(2) The Cemeteries Agency may, by granting a licence under this Part—

(a) for a cemetery operator licence—authorise a cemetery operator to provide interment services, or

(b) for a cemetery operator (caretaker) licence—

(i) authorise a cemetery operator to provide interment services, and

(ii) prohibit or restrict the carrying out of interments.

(3) It is a requirement of the scheme that a cemetery operator—

(a) provide interment services only under the authority of a licence, and

(b) comply with a condition of the licence, including a condition of a suspension or cancellation of the licence.

Maximum civil penalty—$27,500.

s 4B: Ins 2022 (605), Sch 1[1].