Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The Council has the control and management of the Settlement Point cemetery shown on Plan 4806 in the Central Plan Register.
(2) A person may, within 12 months from the commencement of the Aboriginal Lands Amendment (Wybalenna) Act 1999, apply to the Council for an exclusive right of burial for 20 years in the unallocated plots in that portion of the Settlement Point cemetery shown bounded by heavy black lines on Plan 4806.
(3) The Council may grant an exclusive right of burial for 20 years to any person who makes an application under subsection (2) and pays to the Council the relevant fee.
(4) An exclusive right granted under subsection (3) entitles the grantee to be buried in the portion of the cemetery to which the right of burial relates.
(5) On receipt of an application and on payment to it of the relevant fee, the Council may extend the period of the exclusive right of burial for such further period, not exceeding 20 years, as it may determine.
(6) At the expiration of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the Aboriginal Lands Amendment (Wybalenna) Act 1999, the Council may close the cemetery to burial, other than burials which are carried out pursuant to an exclusive right of burial granted before the closure of the cemetery.
(7) In this section,
"relevant fee" means the fee prescribed by the Council pursuant to the regulations made under this Act.