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Funeral Funds Act 1979
11Contributory funeral benefit business to be carried on only by companies registered under this Act
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#### 11 Contributory funeral benefit business to be carried on only by companies registered under this Act
11 Contributory funeral benefit business to be carried on only by companies registered under this Act
> > (1) A person must not carry on or advertise that the person carries on or is willing to carry on any contributory funeral benefit business unless that person is a funeral contribution fund.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or, in the case of a continuing offence, 2 penalty units for each day the offence continues.
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> > (2) Without limiting the application of subsection (1), a person carries on contributory funeral benefit business if the person undertakes to provide contributors with a funeral service in New South Wales.
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> > (3) A person is exempt from the application of subsection (1) if the person is a friendly society within the meaning of the [Life Insurance Act 1995](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.
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> > (4), (5) (Repealed)
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> **s 11:** Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 11, Sch 1.8 \[3\]; 2003 No 61, Sch 1 \[8\] \[9\]; 2016 No 60, Sch 2.4 \[3\].