New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ST. THOMAS' CHURCH OF ENGLAND, NORTH SYDNEY, CEMETERY ACT 1967 - SECT 4

4 Powers and duties of the Council in relation to the scheduled land

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

(a) compile from information made available by the Church of England Property Trust Diocese of Sydney and the Committee of Management a register of the names of and other relevant information in respect of persons who are buried in or whose ashes have been placed in or on the scheduled land, so far as such names and information can by reasonable diligence be obtained, and deposit and maintain the register at the Stanton Library, Miller Street, North Sydney, or at such other library or office of the Council as the Council may appoint, so as to be available for inspection by any interested person from time to time,

(b) furnish a certified copy of the register to the Minister,

(c) furnish a certified copy of the 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,

(d) plant the scheduled land with trees, lawns, shrubs and plants, including native Australian plants, and otherwise improve it as a rest park and garden, and

(e) erect a memorial, tablet or plaque in a suitable position on the scheduled land indicating the sacred nature of the area and where the register referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection may be inspected and stating that a copy of the register may be inspected at the Mitchell Library, Sydney.

(2) Subject to this Act, the Council may do all such other things as it may consider necessary to effect the conversion of the scheduled land into a rest park and garden and for the erection, maintenance and use of a columbarium on the scheduled land.