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PART 1—PRELIMINARY .............................................................................................................. 771
1.1 Short title ..................................................................................................................................... 771
1.2 Commencement............................................................................................................................ 771
1.3 Application ................................................................................................................................... 771
1.4 Repeal ........................................................................................................................................... 771
1.5 Definitions .................................................................................................................................... 771
PART 2—ADMINISTRATION....................................................................................................... 772
Division 1—General ........................................................................................................................... 772
2.1 Powers and functions of CEO ...................................................................................................... 772
Division 2—Right of Burial ............................................................................................................... 772
2.2 Issuing Grants ............................................................................................................................. 772
2.3 Right of holder.............................................................................................................................. 772
2.4 Renewal of Grant ......................................................................................................................... 772
2.5 Replacement of Grant .................................................................................................................. 772
2.6 Transfer of Grant ......................................................................................................................... 772
2.7 Exercising the rights of holder .................................................................................................... 772
PART 3—APPLICATION FOR FUNERALS .............................................................................. 772
3.1 Application for burial ................................................................................................................... 772
3.2 Applications to be accompanied by certificates .......................................................................... 772
3.3 Certificate of identification .......................................................................................................... 773
3.4 Minimum notice required ............................................................................................................ 773
3.5 Fixing times for Funeral.............................................................................................................. 773
3.6 Receipt of application for Funeral ............................................................................................... 773
3.7 Times for burials .......................................................................................................................... 773
PART 4—FUNERAL DIRECTORS .............................................................................................. 773
4.1 Directing a Funeral...................................................................................................................... 773
4.2 Funeral Director’s licence ............................................................................................................ 773
4.3 Funeral Director’s licence expiry ................................................................................................ 773
4.4 Responsibilities of holder of Funeral Director’s licence ............................................................. 773
4.5 Cancellation of Funeral Director’s licence .................................................................................. 773
4.6 Single Funeral Permits ............................................................................................................... 774
PART 5—FUNERALS ..................................................................................................................... 774
Division 1—General ........................................................................................................................... 774
5.1 Requirements for funerals and coffins ........................................................................................ 774
5.2 Funeral processions ..................................................................................................................... 774
5.3 Vehicle entry restricted ............................................................................................................... 774
5.4 Vehicle access and speed limitations .......................................................................................... 774
5.5 Offenders may be ordered to leave .............................................................................................. 774
5.6 Conduct of Funeral by Board ...................................................................................................... 775
Division 2—Placement of Ashes ........................................................................................................ 775
5.7 Disposal of ashes .......................................................................................................................... 775
PART 6—BURIALS ......................................................................................................................... 775
6.1 Depth of graves ............................................................................................................................ 775
6.2 Re-opening a grave ...................................................................................................................... 775
6.3 Disinterring a coffin ..................................................................................................................... 775
6.4 Exhumation .................................................................................................................................. 775
6.5 Opening a coffin ........................................................................................................................... 775
Section 8 - Shire of Esperance Cemeteries Local Law 2024 - April 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 769 | Zoe
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PART 7—MEMORIALS AND OTHER WORK ............................................................................ 776
Division 1—General ........................................................................................................................... 776
7.1 Application for monumental work ............................................................................................... 776
7.2 Placement of monumental work .................................................................................................. 776
7.3 Removal of rubbish ...................................................................................................................... 776
7.4 Operation of work......................................................................................................................... 776
7.5 Removal of sand, soil or loam ...................................................................................................... 776
7.6 Hours of work ............................................................................................................................... 776
7.7 Unfinished work ........................................................................................................................... 776
7.8 Use of wood ................................................................................................................................... 776
7.9 Plants and trees ........................................................................................................................... 776
7.10 Supervision ................................................................................................................................. 776
7.11 Australian War Graves .............................................................................................................. 776
7.12 Placing of glass domes and vases .............................................................................................. 776
Division 2—Lawn Section .................................................................................................................. 776
7.13 Specification of monuments ....................................................................................................... 776
7.14 Headstones ................................................................................................................................. 777
Division 3—Memorial Plaque Section ............................................................................................... 777
7.15 Requirements of a memorial plaque ......................................................................................... 777
Division 4—Licensing of Monumental Masons ................................................................................ 777
7.16 Monumental Mason’s licence ..................................................................................................... 777
7.17 Expiry Date, non– transferability ............................................................................................. 777
7.18 Carrying out monumental work ................................................................................................ 777
7.19 Responsibilities of the Holder of a Monumental Mason’s licence ............................................ 777
7.20 Cancellation of a Monumental Mason’s licence ........................................................................ 777
PART 8—GENERAL ....................................................................................................................... 777
8.1 Animals......................................................................................................................................... 777
8.2 Assistance animal ........................................................................................................................ 777
8.3 Damaging and removing of objects ............................................................................................. 778
8.4 Withered flowers .......................................................................................................................... 778
8.5 Littering and vandalism .............................................................................................................. 778
8.6 Advertising ................................................................................................................................... 778
8.7 Obeying signs and directions ....................................................................................................... 778
8.8 No benefits or gratuities .............................................................................................................. 778
8.9 Entry ............................................................................................................................................. 778
8.10 Firearms ..................................................................................................................................... 778
8.11 Recording on film or video ......................................................................................................... 778
8.12 Camping ..................................................................................................................................... 778
8.13 Lighting fires .............................................................................................................................. 778
8.14 Removal from the Cemetery ...................................................................................................... 778
PART 9—OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES.............................................................. 778
9.1 General ......................................................................................................................................... 778
9.2 Modified Penalties........................................................................................................................ 778
SCHEDULE 1—MODIFIED PENALTIES ................................................................................... 779
SCHEDULE 2—INFRINGEMENT NOTICE ............................................................................... 779
SCHEDULE 3—WITHDRAWAL OF INFRINGEMENT NOTICE ........................................... 780
8 April 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 771
Cemeteries Act 1986 and the
Local Government Act 1995 and
under all other enabling powers, the Council of the Shire of Esperance resolved on 27 February 2024 to
make the following local law.
1.1 Short title
Cemeteries Local Law 2024
This local law comes into operation 14 days after the day on which it is published in the
Gazette.
Cemeteries Local Law 2023 published in the
Government Gazette on 11 July
2023 is repealed.
(1) In this local law—
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 officer means an employee of the Board authorised by the Board for the purposes of
performing any function or exercising any power conferred upon an authorised officer by this
local law;
Board means the Shire of Esperance;
cemetery means any cemetery which the Governor by order has vested under the care, control and
management of the Board.
CEO means the chief executive officer for the time being, of the Board;
Commissioner of Police means a Commissioner of Police for the time being appointed under the
Police Act 1892 and includes a person for the time being acting in that capacity in the absence
of the Commissioner of Police.
Defence Force means Australian Defence Force as defined in the
Defence Force Act 1903 (Cth).
funeral means the burial or cremation of a dead body;
Funeral Director means a person holding a current funeral director’s licence;
headstone means a memorial designed for placement at the head of a grave commemorating a
grave or the placement of ashes;
holder in relation to a grant of right of burial includes a person for the time being appearing to the
Board to be the holder of the grant;
monumental mason means a person holding a current monumental mason’s licence;
monumental mason’s licence means a licence issued by the Board;
monumental work when a term is used as an abstract noun shall include the erection, alteration
or removal of or other working upon a monument on a grave;
military grave means a grave eligible for commemoration by the Office of Australian War Graves;
niche wall means a structure for the placement of a container of ashes in a compartment secured
with a covering memorial plaque;
right of burial means the right to use a specified area of a cemetery for burial;
personal representative means the administrator or executor of an estate of a deceased person;
set fee refers to fees and charges set by a resolution of the Board and published in the
Gazette, under section 53 of the Act;
single funeral permit means a permit issued by the Board under section 20 or 21 of the Act which
entitles the holder to conduct at the cemetery a funeral of a person named in the permit.
vault means a below ground lined grave with one or more sealed compartments constructed to
specifications approved from time to time by the Board.
(2) Unless otherwise defined herein the terms and expressions used in this local law are to have the
meaning given to them in the Act.