QLDIn ForceAct
Land Act 1994
sec.81Application to close or reopen cemetery
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.81
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Land Act 1994.
### sec.81 Application to close or reopen cemetery
The trustee of trust land for cemetery purposes may ask that a cemetery be closed to further burials.
If the Minister is satisfied the cemetery should be closed, the Minister may close the cemetery by gazette notice.
Subsection (2) does not affect a right to be buried in the cemetery if the right existed at the time of the closure.
If asked by the trustees, the Minister, by gazette notice, may reopen the cemetery for burials.
A cemetery that was closed under an Act that has been repealed may be reopened under this Act.
(sec.81-ssec.1) The trustee of trust land for cemetery purposes may ask that a cemetery be closed to further burials.
(sec.81-ssec.2) If the Minister is satisfied the cemetery should be closed, the Minister may close the cemetery by gazette notice.
(sec.81-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not affect a right to be buried in the cemetery if the right existed at the time of the closure.
(sec.81-ssec.4) If asked by the trustees, the Minister, by gazette notice, may reopen the cemetery for burials.
(sec.81-ssec.5) A cemetery that was closed under an Act that has been repealed may be reopened under this Act.