Shire of Plantagenet Cemeteries Local Law 2020
8July 2011 and 6 January 2015.
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8 July 2011 and 6 January 2015. 1.5 Interpretations 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 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 local government; 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; crypt has the same meaning as vault; funeral director means a person holding a current funeral director‘s licence; mausoleum means a building or construction wholly above or partially above and below ground level, so constructed as to allow the deposition of dead bodies into a compartment in the wall or floor and being sealed from view; memorial includes headstone, plaque, tombstone, monumental work, inscription, kerbing, enclosure and any other fixture or thing commemorating a grave or placement of ashes; monument means a sculpture, statue, headstone, plaque, grave boundary marker, fence or cover, approved by the Board, commemorating a grave or placement of ashes; monumental mason means a person holding a current monumental mason‘s licence; monumental mason’s licence means a licence issued under clause 7.16; monumental work when the term is used as an abstract noun shall include the erection, alteration or removal of or other working upon a monument on a grave;