CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA ACT 2013 - As at 30 October 2023 - Act 105 of 2013

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Objects of Act
• 4 Interpretation
• 5 Relationship of Act and Crown Land Management Act 2016 and other legislation

PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION

Division 1 - Constitution and management of Cemeteries Agency

• 6 Constitution of Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW
• 7 Status of Cemeteries Agency
• 8 Control and management of Cemeteries Agency
• 9 Ministerial control of Cemeteries Agency
• 10 Staff of Cemeteries Agency
• 11 Delegation of functions

Division 2 - Functions of Cemeteries Agency

• 12 Functions--generally
• 13 Other functions
Subdivision 2 - Ancillary functions
• 14 Reserve power to acquire land in the public interest
• 15 Arrangements with other persons and bodies

Division 3 - The Board

• 16 Board of the Cemeteries Agency
Subdivision 2 - Duties and liabilities of Board members
• 17 Interpretation
• 18 Care and diligence--civil obligation only
• 19 Disclosure of material personal interest--civil obligations
• 20 Use of position--civil obligations
• 21 Use of information--civil obligations

Division 4 - Finance

• 22 The Cemeteries Agency Fund
• 23 Investment of money in Cemeteries Agency Fund
• 24 Interment service levies
• 25 Payment of penalties and fines into the Cemeteries Agency Fund

PART 3 - REGULATION OF INTERMENT INDUSTRY

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 26 Definitions
• 27 Cemeteries and Crematoria Register

Division 2 - Codes of practice

• 28 Codes of practice
• 29 Nature of codes of practice
• 30 Approval of codes of practice

Division 3 - Interment industry schemes

• 31 Regulations relating to establishment of interment industry schemes
• 32 Consultation to be undertaken on regulations establishing interment industry schemes

Division 4 - Improvement notices

• 33 Issue of improvement notice by Cemeteries Agency
• 34 Failure to end contravention--civil obligation
• 35 Cemeteries Agency may take action to remedy consequences of contravention

Division 5 - Short term orders

• 36 Making of short term orders
• 37 Duration of short term orders
• 38 Compliance with short terms orders--civil obligation

Division 6 - Enforceable undertakings

• 39 Undertakings relating to contraventions of Act, regulations and interment industry scheme
• 40 Enforcement of undertakings

Division 7 - Management of cemetery operators

• 41 Performance reporting by cemetery and crematorium operators--civil obligations
• 42 Records--civil obligation
• 43 Reports by cemetery and crematorium operators--civil obligations

PART 4 - INTERMENT RIGHTS

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 44 Definitions

Division 2 - Interment rights

• 45 Application of Division
Subdivision 2 - Interment rights generally
• 46 Nature of interment right
• 47 Types of interment right
• 48 Duration of interment right
• 49 Interment rights may be bequeathed
• 50 Rules of intestacy to apply to interment rights not bequeathed
• 51 Interment right to pass to surviving joint holder
• 52 Revocation of perpetual interment rights
• 53 Compensation
Subdivision 3 - Renewable interment rights
• 54 Grant and renewal of renewable interment rights
• 55 Re-use of interment sites and removal of memorials
Subdivision 4 - Grant and transfer of interment rights generally
• 56 Grant of interment right
• 57 Content of interment right
• 58 Transfer of interment right to person other than a cemetery operator
• 59 Transfer of interment right to cemetery operator
• 60 Grant or transfer of interment right may be refused
• 61 Cemetery operator may determine holder of interment right
• 62 Interment right not required for scattering of cremated remains
Subdivision 5 - Miscellaneous
• 63 Register of interment rights, memorials, cremations and interments
• 64 Keeping of register and documents
• 65 Certificates for interment rights
• 66 Exhumations
• 67 Order for interment
• 68 Hours of burial
• 69 Heritage advisory committee

Division 3 - Offence

• 70 Offence relating to conduct in cemeteries

PART 5 - OPERATION OF CROWN CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 71 Interpretation
• 72 Exemption power--Cemeteries Agency

Division 2 - Crown cemetery operators

• 73 Cemeteries Agency may make recommendations about appointments of operators
• 74 Special provisions for Crown cemetery operators that are statutory land managers
• 75 Delegation of functions by Crown cemetery operators
76-80. (Repealed) Subdivision 2 - Conduct of operator members
• 80A Application of Subdivision
• 81 Interpretation
• 82 Care and diligence--civil obligation only
• 83 Use of position--civil obligations
• 84 Use of information--civil obligations
• 85 Notification of significant events
• 86 Codes of conduct
• 87 Disclosure of material personal interest by members of trust board--civil obligations
• 88 Invitations for tenders
• 89 Liability of operator board, members and other persons
Subdivision 3 - Strategic plans
• 90 Strategic plans
• 91 Guidelines for strategic plans
• 92 Amendment, replacement or revocation of strategic plan
Subdivision 4 - Plans of management
• 93 Preparation of draft plan of management
• 94 Guidelines for draft plans of management
• 95 Referral and exhibition of draft plans
• 96 Adoption of plan of management
• 97 Alteration or cancellation of plan
• 98 Plan of management for submerged land
• 98A Saving of certain plans of management
Subdivision 5 - Financial management, audits and reports
• 99 Annual report
• 100 Nature of report of operations
• 101 Additional information--civil obligation
• 102 Inspection etc of Crown cemetery operator
Subdivision 6 - Committees
• 103 Establishment and functions of committees
• 104 Membership and procedure of committees
• 105 Committee guidelines
Subdivision 7 - Miscellaneous
• 106 Planning, conduct and maintenance
• 107 Fees and charges

PART 6 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS

Division 1 - Proceedings for offences

• 108 Nature of proceedings for offences
• 109 Persons who may commence proceedings
• 110 Time for commencing proceedings
• 111 Penalty notices

Division 2 - Civil penalty provisions

• 112 Definitions
• 113 When a provision is a civil penalty provision
• 114 Proceedings for contravention of civil penalty provision
• 115 Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence
• 116 Persons involved in contravening a civil penalty provision
• 117 Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings
• 118 Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings
• 119 Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings
• 120 Recovery of pecuniary penalty
• 121 Proceedings may be brought by Cemeteries Agency or authorised officer
• 122 Evidence given in proceedings for pecuniary penalty order not admissible in criminal proceedings

Division 3 - Civil infringement notices

• 123 Object
• 124 When an infringement notice can be given

PART 7 - INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT POWERS

Division 1 - Appointment of authorised officers

• 125 Authorised officers
• 126 Scope of authority
• 127 Identification

Division 2 - Powers of authorised officers

• 128 Interpretation
• 129 Purposes for which powers under Division may be exercised
• 130 Power to enter premises
• 131 Search warrants
• 132 Powers of authorised officers
• 133 Power to detain and search vehicles
• 134 Requirement to provide information and records
• 135 Requirement to state name and address
• 136 Provisions relating to requirements to provide documents or information or answer questions

Division 3 - Offences in relation to authorised officers

• 137 Offence: obstructing authorised officer
• 138 Offence: impersonating authorised officer

PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 139 Service of documents
• 140 Exchange of information
• 141 Personal liability
• 142 Regulations
143. (Repealed)
• 144 Review of Act
• 145 Investigation and report by IPART
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• SCHEDULE 3
• SCHEDULE 4
• SCHEDULE 5
Schedule 6 (Repealed)
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