- Act 50 of 2019 - Royal Assent 13 December 2019 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation 4. Meaning of closed cemetery 5. Meaning of fit and proper 6. Meaning of senior next of kin 7. Crown to be bound 8. Application and non-application of Act PART 2 - Administration Division 1 - Regulator 9. Regulator 10. Regulator may issue exemptions 11. Regulator may accept partial compliance in certain circumstances 12. Regulator may delegate 13. Regulator may issue directions 14. Regulator to keep register 15. Extension of certain periods relating to applications determined by regulator Division 2 - Authorised officers 16. Powers of authorised officers to enter premises 17. Collection of evidence by authorised officers 18. Retention of records, &c., by authorised officers 19. Authorised officers not to impede business Division 3 - General 20. Director of Public Health may issue directions 21. Director of Public Health may delegate PART 3 - Handling of Human Remains Division 1 - General 22. Notifications of death 23. Unlawful disposal of human remains 24. Handling of human remains Division 2 - Regulated businesses 25. Person must be approved to carry on regulated business 26. Approval to carry on regulated business 27. Carrying on regulated business Division 3 - Other handling of human remains 28. Use of land for Aboriginal cremations 29. Interment of human remains otherwise than in cemetery 30. Exhumation of human remains 31. Reopening of interments PART 4 - Cemeteries Division 1 - Cemetery managers 32. Approval of persons as cemetery manager 33. Cemetery managers to hold cemeteries in trust 34. Duties and powers of cemetery managers 35. Religious and cultural ceremonies and original distributions 36. Cemetery managers to ensure application of revenue of cemeteries 37. Owner of land taken to be cemetery manager in certain circumstances Division 2 - Cemeteries generally 38. Interments within cemeteries 39. Monuments, &c. 40. Removal of certain monuments in cemeteries 41. Exclusive rights of burial 42. Notifications of possible cemeteries Division 3 - New cemeteries 43. Approval required to establish new cemeteries 44. Application to establish new cemeteries 45. Approval of new cemeteries 46. Refusal to approve new cemeteries 47. Notification of decision to not establish new cemeteries 48. Notification of first interments at new cemeteries Division 4 - Sale of cemeteriesSubdivision 1 - General 49. Interpretation 50. Person must not sell cemetery without approval 51. Person must not purchase cemetery without approval 52. Notification of intention to sell cemetery 53. Audit required of cemetery proposed to be sold 54. Application for certificate of compliance in respect of proposed sale 55. Certificate of compliance 56. Refusal to issue certificate of compliance 57. Notification of decision to not sell cemetery 58. Cemetery disclosure document 59. Implied term in contract of sale for cemetery 60. Contract continues in certain circumstances 61. Notification to regulator of sale of cemetery 62. Effect of sale of cemetery Division 5 - Closure of cemeteries 63. Closure of cemeteries for reasons of public health or public safety 64. Intention of cemetery manager to close cemetery 65. Approval or refusal to approve closure of cemetery 66. Effect of closure of cemetery 67. Exclusive rights in closed cemetery 68. Approval required to take certain actions in closed cemeteries 69. Performance of certain actions in closed cemeteries 70. Removal of human remains, monuments, &c., in closed cemeteries 71. Regulator may reduce certain time frames in respect of closed cemeteries Division 6 - Land ceases to be cemetery 72. Certain land ceases to be cemetery 73. Declaration that land is not cemetery PART 5 - Crematoria and Cremated Remains Division 1 - Crematorium managers 74. Person must be approved to manage crematorium 75. Approval to manage crematorium 76. Duties and powers of crematorium managers Division 2 - Crematoria generally 77. Power to establish crematoria 78. Equipment and apparatus 79. Identification of deceased persons before cremation 80. Access to crematoria 81. Religious and cultural ceremonies 82. Closure of crematoria for reasons of public health or public safety 83. Duties of crematorium managers on closure of crematoria Division 3 - Cremated remains 84. Monuments containing cremated remains 85. Exclusive rights to all or part of monument 86. Closure of monument PART 6 - Miscellaneous 87. Compliance with Act 88. Liability of body corporates 89. Liability of owners of places, land or structures 90. False or misleading information 91. Failure to comply with conditions 92. Obstruction of authorised officers 93. Orders preventing management of certain organisations 94. Infringement notice offences 95. Regulations 96. Savings and transitional provisions 97. Administration of Act 98. Legislation repealed SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]