New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MUDGEE CEMETERIES ACT 1963 - SECT 3

3 Removal of human remains, headstones etc

(1) The Council shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act:

(a) compile a register of the names of and other relevant information in respect of persons buried in the said lands, so far as such names and information can by reasonable diligence be obtained, and deposit and maintain such register at the offices of the Council at Mudgee so as to be available for inspection by any interested person from time to time,

(c) furnish a certified copy of such register to the Mitchell Library, Sydney, where it shall be maintained so as to be available for inspection by any interested person from time to time,

(e) plant the said lands with trees, lawns and flowers and otherwise improve the said lands for any of the purposes referred to in subsection two of section two of this Act,

(f) erect substantial memorials, of a design and in positions to be approved by the Minister indicating the sacred nature of the areas and that particulars of the interments therein may be inspected at the offices of the Council at Mudgee and at the Mitchell Library, Sydney.

(4) The Council may do all such other things as it may consider necessary to effect the conversion of the said lands for use for any of the purposes referred to in subsection two of section two of this Act.

(5) No compensation or damages shall be payable to any person or body of persons in respect of the divesting of any estate or interest by this Act or in respect of the performance of any act authorised by this Act.