3358GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 August 2016

3358 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 August 2016 3.5 Refusal of application (1) The Board may refuse an application for a interment permit— (a) if in the opinion of the Board, either the coffin specifications or the details of the vehicle transporting the dead body to the gravesite are not structurally sound or are otherwise inadequate or inappropriate; or (b) on any other grounds. (2) The Board may refuse an application for a pre-need certificate. (3) If the Board refuses to approve an application under subclause (1) or (2), written notice of the refusal is to be given to the applicant. PART 4—FUNERALS AND MEMORIAL SERVICES 4.1 Fixing times for interments (1) On receipt of a properly completed application form and the satisfaction of all other requirements of the Act and this local law, the Board may— (a) approve a time for the funeral; and (b) dig or re-open any grave that is required. (2) The time approved for an interment is at the discretion of the Board but will be as near as possible to the time requested by the applicant. (3) Except with the permission of the Board and subject to such conditions as may be applied, a person shall not carry out an interment— (a) on a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday; (b) commencing at any time other than between the hours 9:00 am to 2.00 pm; or (c) to conclude later than 3.00pm. 4.2 Memorial services or processions Upon application, the Board may permit, with or without interment or broadcasting of ashes— (a) the conduct of a memorial service; or (b) a procession. 4.3 Processions The time fixed by the Board for interment shall be the time at which the procession is to arrive at the cemetery gates, and, if not punctually observed, then the applicant who applied to hold the interment under clause 3.1 shall if required, pay the set fee for being late. 4.4 Conduct of interments by the Board When conducting an interment, or for the purposes of deciding whether to conduct an interment, under section 22 of the Act the Board may— (a) require a written request to be made for the Board to conduct an interment; (b) in its absolute discretion, charge any person requesting it to conduct an interment the set fee for the conduct of that funeral; (c) where no fee or a reduced fee has been charged by it for the conduct of the interment, determine the manner in which the interment shall be conducted; (d) specify an area in the cemetery for the interment; (e) conduct the funeral notwithstanding the failure of a person to make any application or to obtain any consent required under this local law; and (f) do or require anything which is considered necessary or convenient for the conduct of the funeral by the Board. PART 5—INTERMENTS 5.1 Requirements for burials and coffins A person shall not bring a dead body into the cemetery unless— (a) the Board has approved an application for the burial of that dead body in accordance with clause 3.1; (b) it is enclosed in a coffin which in the opinion of the Board is structurally sound and bears the name of the deceased person indelibly inscribed in legible characters on a plate properly affixed in a clearly visible position on the lid of the coffin; and (c) under the plate referred to in paragraph (b) there is a substantive lead strip bearing the surname of the deceased person stamped in legible characters, each character being not less than 10 mm in height. 5.2 Preparation of graves (1) A person shall not dig or prepare a grave or fill a grave, unless that person has the permission of the Board.