New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FUNERAL FUNDS ACT 1979 - SECT 16B

16B Application for registration

(1) This section applies to a person (whether an individual or a corporation) who, immediately before the commencement of this Division:

(a) carried on the business of a funeral contribution fund, and

(b) was exempt from the application of section 11 under section 11 (3) or from the application of section 94 under section 97A.

(2) The person must, within 6 months after the commencement of this Division, apply to the Director-General to be registered under this Act to carry on a contributory funeral benefit business.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) An application for registration made under subsection (2) must:

(a) be made in the form approved by the Director-General, and

(b) be accompanied by:

(i) a written statement specifying whether the person is subject to any other prudential requirements with respect to the person’s contributory funeral benefit business, and

(ii) such other information as the Director-General may require.

(4) Despite any other provision of this Act, this section applies to an individual carrying on a business referred to in subsection (1).