904GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 March 2021

904 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 March 2021 PART 2—ADMINISTRATION 2.1 Powers and functions of CEO Subject to any directions given by the Board, the CEO shall exercise all the powers and functions of the Board in respect of the cemetery. PART 3—APPLICATION FOR FUNERALS 3.1 Application for burial (1) A person may apply for approval to bury a dead body in the cemetery in the form determined by the Board from time to time. (2) An application under subclause (1) is to be accompanied by the set fee. 3.2 Applications to be accompanied by certificates etc All applications referred to in clauses 3.1 shall be accompanied by either a medical certificate of death or a Coroner’s order of burial, and a certificate issued under clause 3.3, in respect of the body. 3.3 Certificate of identification (1) After a dead body is placed in a coffin and prior to a dead body being removed to the cemetery a person who personally knew the deceased shall identify the dead body and shall complete a certificate of identification in the form determined by the Board from time to time, unless— (a) in the opinion of a funeral director, the dead body is not in a fit state to be viewed; or (b) after reasonable effort the funeral director is unable to arrange for a person to identify the dead body. (2) A funeral director shall complete a certificate in the form determined by the Board from time to time, where— (a) in the opinion of the funeral director, the dead body is not in a fit state to be viewed; or (b) after reasonable effort the funeral director is unable to arrange for a person to identify the dead body. 3.4 Minimum notice required All bookings to hold a funeral shall be made with the Board at least 48 hours prior to the time proposed for burial on the application, otherwise an extra charge may be made. PART 4—FUNERAL DIRECTORS 4.1 Funeral director’s licence expiry A funeral director’s licence shall expire on 30 June of each year. 4.2 Single funeral permits Every application for a single funeral permit made under section 20 or 21 of the Act shall include coffin specifications and details of the vehicle transporting the dead body to the gravesite. 4.3 Application refusal The Board may refuse an application for a single funeral permit 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 on any other grounds. PART 5—FUNERALS 5.1 Requirements for funerals and coffins (1) 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 Part 3 of this local law; (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 on the coffin’s lid; 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 Funeral processions The time fixed by the Board for any burial shall be the time at which the funeral procession is to arrive at the cemetery gates, and, if not punctually observed, then the applicant who applied to hold the funeral under clause 3.1 shall pay the set fee for being late.