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CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA ACT 2003 - SECT 102

Cemetery trust may approve or refuse the application

    (1)     After considering an application made under section 101, a cemetery trust

        (a)     may approve the application; or

        (b)     may refuse the application if it is satisfied that—

              (i)     the building for ceremonies would be unsafe, dangerous or not of a sufficiently permanent nature; or

              (ii)     the establishment or alteration of the building for ceremonies would be incompatible with the general nature and standard of surrounding structures, memorials or places of interment or would not be sufficiently in keeping with the nature and character of the public cemetery; or

              (iii)     the establishment or alteration of the building for ceremonies would not comply with the model rules or the cemetery trust rules (if any); or

              (iv)     the establishment or alteration of the building for ceremonies does not comply with the prescribed requirements; or

        (c)     may refuse the application for any other reason that the cemetery trust thinks fit.

    (2)     An approval under this section may be granted subject to—

        (a)     a condition that the building for ceremonies be erected or placed in the position determined by the cemetery trust; and

        (b)     any other terms and conditions which the cemetery trust thinks fit.

    (3)     A cemetery trust may cancel an approval under this section if the terms and conditions of the approval have not been complied with.



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