7Prepaid funeral agreements

7 Prepaid funeral agreements

(1)  A person must not make a prepaid funeral agreement unless it is made in accordance with this Act.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A prepaid funeral agreement is to be in writing, signed by each party to the agreement, and is to contain any information required by section 5(1) , which information may form part of the agreement or may be given in a separate document at the time when the agreement is made.

(3)  If any of the required information is set out in an attachment to the agreement, reference is to be made in the agreement to the attachment.

(4)  Within 14 days after making the agreement, the person carrying on the funeral business must give a copy of the signed agreement to the contributor.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(5)  The agreement is to be printed in a font size of at least 10 points.

(6)  Any provision in a prepaid funeral agreement which permits the price for any funeral services to be increased is void.

(7)  Subsection (6) does not prevent the provision of additional funeral services for which additional charges are payable.