Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CEMETERIES ACT - SECT 27

    (1)     The recognized head of a religious denomination, or group of religious denominations, for the burial of deceased members of which a portion of a public cemetery has been set apart, may, by notice in writing to the Board, object to:

        (a)     the performance of a particular form of burial ceremony;

        (b)     the design of a monument, tombstone or headstone; or

        (c)     the inscription on a monument, tombstone or headstone,

within that portion of the cemetery.

    (2)     When notice is given under subsection (1), the Board shall serve a notice by post on the person concerned in or responsible for the matter to which objection has been made:

        (a)     prohibiting the performance of the particular form of burial ceremony;

        (b)     prohibiting the placing, or ordering the removal, of a monument, tombstone or headstone; or

        (c)     prohibiting the placing, or ordering the removal, of an inscription on a monument, tombstone or headstone,

as the case may be, within that portion of the cemetery.