Shire of Chittering Standing Orders Local Law 2023
Part 10OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES
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PART 10—OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES 10.1 General penalties 10.2 Modified penalties SCHEDULE 1—MODIFIED PENALTIES SCHEDULE 2—INFRINGEMENT NOTICE SCHEDULE 3—WITHDRAWAL OF INFRINGEMENT NOTICE
6 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1487 Under the powers conferred by the Cemeteries Act 1986 and the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it, the Council of the Shire of Chittering resolved on 19 April 2023 to adopt the following local law. This local law may be cited as the Shire of Chittering Cemeteries Local Law 2023. This local law applies to the Chittering Cemetery, Gray Road, Bindoon located in the district. This local law repeals the Shire of Chittering Cemetery Local Law 2003 as published in the Government Gazette on 12 September 2003. In this local law, unless the context otherwise requires— Act means the Cemeteries Act 1986; ashes means so much of the remains of a dead body after the due processes of cremation as may be contained in a standard sized cremation urn; authorised person means a person— (a) appointed by the Board for the purposes of performing any function or exercising any power, other than the giving of infringement notices, conferred upon an authorised person by this local law; or (b) authorised under section 64 of the Act to give infringement notices; Board means the local government; burial means placement of a coffin containing a dead body into a grave, and includes a natural burial; business day means any week day other than a public holiday in Western Australia; cemetery means a cemetery under the care and control of the Board; CEO means the chief executive officer, for the time being, of the Board; coffin means a coffin or other receptacle used for the transportation of a dead body to the grave site, or the receptacle used for the burial of a dead body in a grave; Commissioner of Police means the Commissioner of Police for the time being appointed under the Police Act 1892 and includes any person for the time being acting in that capacity; funeral director means a person holding a current funeral director's licence; grant of right of burial means a right granted under clause 2.3 for burial of a dead body, and for the purposes of this local law, includes placement of ashes in a grave, niche wall, memorial garden or under a memorial plaque, or scattering of ashes within a cemetery; headstone means a memorial designed for placement at the head of a grave, commemorating a grave or the placement of ashes; interment includes, as the case may be— (a) burial of a dead body; (b) placement of ashes in a grave, niche wall, memorial garden or under a commemorative plaque; or (c) scattering of ashes; interment permit means a single funeral permit issued by the Board under section 20 or 21 of the Act which entitles the holder to conduct the interment of a person named in the permit, and includes placement or scattering of ashes in a cemetery; memorial has the meaning set out in the Act;