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Land Act 1994
sec.83Exhumations
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### sec.83 Exhumations
If a local government has not made a local law about authorising the exhumation of human remains from trust land for cemetery purposes, the Minister, on the written application of a person, may give written approval to the exhumation of the human remains.
A person improperly deals with human remains under the Criminal Code , section 236 if the person exhumes human remains from trust land for cemetery purposes other than under—
an approval of the Minister; or
a local law or another Act.
To avoid any doubt, it is declared that in this section—
exhume includes take out of a place of interment, whether above or below ground.
s 83 amd 1997 No. 78 s 38
(sec.83-ssec.1) If a local government has not made a local law about authorising the exhumation of human remains from trust land for cemetery purposes, the Minister, on the written application of a person, may give written approval to the exhumation of the human remains.
(sec.83-ssec.2) A person improperly deals with human remains under the Criminal Code , section 236 if the person exhumes human remains from trust land for cemetery purposes other than under— an approval of the Minister; or a local law or another Act.
(sec.83-ssec.3) To avoid any doubt, it is declared that in this section— exhume includes take out of a place of interment, whether above or below ground.
- (a) an approval of the Minister; or
- (b) a local law or another Act.