New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FUNERAL FUNDS ACT 1979 - SECT 26

26 Registers

(1) A funeral contribution fund shall keep a register of contributors to the fund and shall, within 7 days after the date on which a person becomes a contributor, enter in the register with respect to each such person:

(a) the full name, address, date of birth and sex of that person,

(b) the date on which that person became a contributor,

(c) particulars of the benefits for which that person is contributing,

(d) particulars of the rate of contributions payable by that person, and

(e) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(2) A funeral contribution fund shall enter in the register required to be kept under subsection (1):

(a) forthwith after any change in the rate of contributions payable by a contributor, particulars of the change and the date of the change,

(b) forthwith after a person ceases to be a contributor to the fund, a statement to that effect and the date on which the person ceased to be a contributor,

(c) forthwith after a contributor is supplied with a funeral benefit, a statement to that effect and the date on which the benefit was supplied, and

(d) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(3) A funeral contribution fund shall not remove from the register required to be kept under subsection (1) any particulars relating to a person who has ceased to be a contributor to the fund until 12 months after the investigation under section 28 next following the person’s so ceasing to be a contributor.

(4) A funeral contribution fund shall keep such other registers as may be prescribed.

(5) A register which is required to be kept by a funeral contribution fund under subsection (1) or (4) shall be kept at the registered office of the fund.

Maximum penalty: 2 penalty units.