New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) In this Act unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"general crematorium lease" means a lease referred to in section 8B.
"general crematorium site" means the land described in Schedule 2.
"Joint Committee" means the Joint Committee of Necropolis Trustees constituted by section 20.
"Necropolis" means the lands which have been heretofore and shall be hereafter dedicated as a cemetery for burying the dead at Haslem’s Creek and Rookwood.
"quarter" means the period beginning 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October in each year.
"Regulation" means a regulation made under this Act.
"reserve trust", in relation to land set aside for use as a cemetery or crematorium under this Act, means the reserve trust that, under section 92 of the Crown Lands Act 1989 , is constituted and appointed as trustee of that land.
(2) With respect to the general crematorium site, a reference in this Act to the burial or interment of the dead shall, except to the extent that the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires, be construed as including a reference to the cremation of dead bodies and the disposition of the ashes.
(3) In this Act:(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
(4) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.