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BURIAL AND CREMATION ACT 2013


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Application of Act
   5.      Relationship of Act with other laws
   6.      Human remains to be treated with dignity and respect

   PART 2--Disposal of human remains

           Division 1--Disposal by burial or cremation

   7.      Offence to dispose of bodily remains except by burial or cremation
   8.      Offence to dispose of bodily remains except in cemetery or natural burial ground
   9.      Offences relating to cremation
   10.     Cremation permits
   11.     Power of Attorney-General, State Coroner or magistrate to prohibit disposal by cremation

           Division 2--Documents to be provided before disposal of bodily remains

   12.     Documents to be provided before disposal of bodily remains

           Division 3--Opening of interment sites, exhumation and re-interment

   13.     Offences

           Division 4--Miscellaneous

   14.     Prohibition on giving certificate of cause of death in certain circumstances
   15.     Handling, storage and transport of human remains
   16.     Authority to inter at particular site
   17.     Religious and other ceremonies not to be interfered with etc
   18.     Disposal of unclaimed cremated human remains

   PART 3--Cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria

           Division 1--Establishment of cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria

   19.     Establishment of cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria
   20.     Power of councils to establish and manage public mortuaries
   21.     Establishment of mausolea within cemeteries
   22.     Designation of natural burial grounds within cemeteries
   23.     Power to set apart part of cemetery or natural burial ground for particular religions

           Division 2--Closure and conversion of cemeteries and natural burial grounds

   24.     Closure of cemeteries and natural burial grounds
   25.     Dedication of closed council cemeteries as park lands
   26.     Conversion of closed cemeteries into public parks or gardens
   27.     Powers of relevant authorities in relation to closed cemeteries
   28.     Obligations of relevant authorities on closure of cemeteries etc

           Division 3--Interment rights

   29.     Interpretation
   30.     Issue of interment rights
   31.     Duration of interment rights
   32.     Renewal of interment rights
   33.     Transfer of interment rights
   34.     Surrender of interment rights
   35.     Exercise or enforcement of interment rights
   36.     Interment right not required for scattering of cremated remains
   37.     Register of interment rights
   38.     Re-use of interment sites

           Division 4--Memorials

   39.     Ownership of memorial
   40.     Duty to maintain memorial
   41.     Power to require repair, removal or reinstatement of memorial
   42.     Power of relevant authority to dispose of unclaimed memorial

           Division 5--Miscellaneous

   43.     General powers of relevant authority
   44.     Multicultural needs to be recognised
   45.     Power to restrict interments in any part of cemetery or natural burial ground
   46.     Neglected cemeteries and natural burial grounds
   47.     Right of review
   48.     Power of councils to accept conveyance of cemetery or natural burial ground land from trustees
   49.     Power of councils to assume administration of cemeteries and natural burial grounds
   50.     Public access to cemeteries, natural burial grounds and crematoria
   51.     Disposal of surplus cemetery land etc
   52.     Disposal of land after closure of cemetery etc
   53.     Registers, records and plans to be kept by relevant authorities

   PART 4--Miscellaneous

   54.     Minister responsible for Crown Land Management Act 2009 to facilitate exercise of powers, functions and duties under this Act
   55.     Exemptions
   56.     Power of Public Trustee to act on behalf of holder of interment right etc
   57.     Approvals and authorisations
   58.     Authorised officers
   59.     Powers of authorised officers
   60.     Hindering etc persons engaged in administration of Act
   61.     False or misleading statement
   62.     Statutory declarations
   63.     Self-incrimination
   64.     Offences by body corporate
   65.     Service
   66.     Regulations
           SCHEDULE 1--Transitional provisions
           Legislative history


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