Cemeteries and Crematoria Regulations 2025
13Offence relating to plants in a cemetery
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13 Offence relating to plants in a cemetery
(1) A person, other than a person specified in subrule (2), must not plant, remove, pick, prune, decorate or damage any plant, flower, shrub or tree in a cemetery without the prior approval of the cemetery trust in accordance with rule 4.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) For the purposes of subrule (1), the following persons are specified—
(a) the cemetery trust when carrying out its functions;
(b) an employee, agent or contractor of the cemetery trust acting in the course of that employment, agency, or contract;
(c) a volunteer or other person authorised by the cemetery trust to carry out a function in the cemetery when acting in accordance with that authorisation.