Urban Environment and Nuisance Local Law 2017
4174GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 August 2017
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4174 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 August 2017 7.6 Hours of work 7.7 Unfinished work 7.8 Use of wood 7.9 Plants and trees 7.10 Supervision 7.11 Australian War Graves 7.12 Placing of glass domes and vases Division 2—Lawn Section 7.13 Specification of monuments 7.14 Headstones Division 3—Memorial plaque section 7.15 Requirements of a memorial plaque Division 4—Licensing of monumental masons 7.16 Monumental mason’s licence 7.17 Expiry date, non-transferability 7.18 Carrying out monumental work 7.19 Responsibilities of the holder of a monumental mason’s licence 7.20 Cancellation of a monumental mason’s licence PART 8—GENERAL 8.1 Animals 8.2 Damaging and removing of objects 8.3 Withered flowers 8.4 Littering and vandalism 8.5 Advertising 8.6 Obeying signs and directions 8.7 Removal from the cemetery PART 9—OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTY 9.1 General 9.2 Modified penalties SCHEDULE 1—MODIFIED PENALTIES SCHEDULE 2—INFRINGEMENT NOTICE SCHEDULE 3—INFRINGEMENT WITHDRAWAL NOTICE
1 August 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4175 CEMETERIES ACT 1986 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 Northampton resolved on 16 June 2017 to adopt the following local law. This local law may be cited as the Shire of Northampton Cemeteries Local Law 2017. This local law applies to the Kalbarri (Reserve 36021) and Northampton (Reserve 9637) Cemeteries located in the district. 1.3 Commencement The Shire of Northampton Local Laws Relating to Kalbarri and Northampton Cemeteries (Reserves 36021 and 9637) as published in the Government Gazette on 16 October 1997 is repealed. 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 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 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’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;