Shire of Morawa Amenity Local Law 2018
4474GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 November 2018
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4474 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 November 2018 9.11 Firearms Upon application, and subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Police, an authorised person may permit an honour guard and discharge of firearms in a volley salute for a deceased military or police officer. 9.12 Offensive matters (1) A person shall not allow or cause to be displayed and offensive materials, wording, symbols or images of any kind, whether as a sign, on a memorial or otherwise visible. (2) Where, in the opinion of the Board, a person does not comply with subclause (1), the Board may issue a notice under clause 9.13(1). 9.13 Liability for damage or works required to comply (1) Where a person— (a) causes damage to any grave, memorial, structure, building, furniture, plant or any other item or thing in a cemetery; (b) does a thing not authorised by this local law; or (c) does not do a thing required by this local law; the Board may by notice in writing to that person require that person within the time required in the notice to, at the option of the Board— (d) pay the costs of reinstating the property to the state it was in prior to the occurrence of the damage; (e) pay the costs of replacing that property; (f) pay the costs of works required to comply with this local law; or (g) carry out works required to comply with this local law. (2) On a failure to comply with a notice issued under subclause (1), the Board may recover the costs referred to in the notice as a debt due to it. 9.14 Offence to fail to comply with notice Whenever the Board gives a notice under this local law requiring a person to do any thing, if a person fails to comply with the notice, that person commits an offence. 9.15 Board may undertake requirements of notice Where a person fails to comply with a notice referred to in clause 9.14, the Board may do the thing specified in the notice and recover from the person to whom the notice was given, as a debt, the costs incurred in so doing. PART 10—OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES 10.1 General penalties A person who commits a breach of any provisions of this local law commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $500, and if the offence is a continuing one to a further penalty not exceeding $20 for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued. 10.2 Modified penalties (1) The offences specified in Schedule 1 are offences which may be dealt with under section 63 of the Act. (2) The modified penalty payable in respect of an offence specified in Schedule 1 is set out in the fourth column of Schedule 1. (3) The infringement notice referred to in section 63(1) of the Act shall be in the form set out in the Schedule 2. (4) The notice withdrawing an infringement notice referred to in section 63(3) of the Act shall be in the form set out in Schedule 3. ———— [cl. 10.2(1)] Penalty $ 1 4.2 Conducting a memorial service or procession without permission 50 2 5.1 Failure to obtain approval to bring a dead body into a cemetery 50 3 5.2(1) Unauthorised digging, preparation or filling of grave 50 4 5.3(1) Unauthorised burial of dead body 50 5 5.4(1) Unauthorised disposal of ashes 50 6 5.5(1) Unauthorised construction of vault or mausoleum 50