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Burial and Cremation Act 1964

Closing of cemeteries and burial grounds

45B: Control and management of reopened cemeteries and burial grounds

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"Who's in charge of reopened cemeteries and burial grounds?"

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The Minister can decide who controls and manages a cemetery or burial ground that has been reopened. You can find this information in the Gazette, which is a special newspaper that publishes official notices. The Minister can choose an individual, a company, or a local authority to be in charge of a reopened cemetery. The Minister can also choose an individual or a company to control and manage a reopened burial ground. This decision is made from a specific date that is stated in the reopening order or a later notice. The Minister makes this decision by publishing a notice in the Gazette.

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Part 6Closing of cemeteries and burial grounds

45BControl and management of reopened cemeteries and burial grounds

  1. The Minister may, by any reopening order or by any later notice in the Gazette,—

  2. vest the control and management of a reopened cemetery in any individual, body corporate, or local authority from the date specified in such order or later notice:
    1. vest the control and management of a reopened burial ground in any individual or body corporate from the date specified in such order or later notice.

      Notes
      • Section 45B: inserted, on , by section 3 of the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 55).