South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may,
on the recommendation of the designated chief executive, make
regulations—
(a)
regulating the position and depths of graves in cemeteries;
(b)
regulating the construction of coffins to be admitted to vaults;
(c)
regulating the covering of vaults so as to prevent the escape of any noxious
exhalation;
(d)
regulating the exhumation or removal of corpses from any place of interment;
(e)
regulating the granting of rights for burial purposes in cemeteries and the
manner of granting such rights;
(g)
providing for the keeping of proper records with respect to cemeteries,
including records of burials, exhumations, and of burial or other rights
granted in respect of the cemetery;
(h) for
the general regulation of cemeteries and for sanitary purposes connected with
any cemetery;
(i)
regulating the construction and the general regulation of
mortuaries established by councils;
(j)
providing penalties not exceeding $200 for the breach of any regulation.
(2) Any such
regulation may be restricted in its application to any specified cemetery.
(3) Any such
regulation which is not limited in its application as provided by
subsection (2) applies to the whole of the State and to all cemeteries.
(4) In this
section—
"designated chief executive" means the Chief Executive of the administrative
unit of the Public Service that is, under the relevant Minister, responsible
for the administration of the Health Care Act 2008 .