Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CEMETERIES ACT - SECT 5

    (1)     Subject to this section, the provisions of this Act:

        (a)     apply only to such portions of the Territory as are specified by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette ;

        (b)     do not apply to the cemetery known as the Darwin Chinese Public Cemetery; and

        (c)     do not apply to a cemetery or portion of a cemetery the control of which is exercised by the body known as the Imperial War Graves Commission.

    (2)     Sections 1 to 6 (inclusive), 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 30 and 36 to 40 (inclusive) apply throughout the Territory.

    (3)     Sections 30A to 30F (inclusive) apply in relation to the exhumation of the remains of a deceased person:

        (a)     wherever in the Territory the remains are buried; and

        (b)     whether or not the remains are buried in a cemetery.