South Australian Current Regulations

BURIAL AND CREMATION REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 12

12—Removal of bodily remains to ossuary within cemetery (section 13(4)(b) of Act)

        (1)         If—

            (a)         an interment right relating to an interment site in a cemetery has expired; and

            (b)         the interment site is opened for re-use of the site; and

            (c)         the bodily remains of a deceased person are found in the interment site; and

            (d)         there is an ossuary in the cemetery; and

            (e)         the remains cannot be re-interred at a greater depth or a request to remove the remains to the ossuary is made by the former holder of the interment right or a relative of the deceased person,

the relevant authority for the cemetery must ensure that the remains are placed in a box or other container labelled with the deceased's full name and date of death and stored in the ossuary.

        (2)         If a relevant authority acts under subregulation (1), the relevant authority must, within 14 days after the bodily remains are removed to an ossuary, give the Attorney-General and the Registrar written notice of that fact and of the location of the remains within the ossuary.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.