Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The whole or any portion of any land held for a cemetery in which no interments have taken place or from which all human remains have been removed may, subject to this and any other Act, be dealt with in the ordinary course of commerce.
(2) A cemetery manager may dispose of the whole or any portion of a cemetery which is not required for interment, even though exclusive rights of burial are held in respect of any portion of, or plots in, that cemetery.
(3) If a cemetery manager disposes of the whole or any portion of a cemetery in which a person has an exclusive right of burial, the cemetery manager must grant to that person, without further charge, an exclusive right of burial in another portion of the cemetery, or in another cemetery if so agreed with the manager of that other cemetery.
(4) If there is no such agreement, the matter is to be referred to arbitration under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1986 as if there were a submission under that Act.
(5) The cemetery manager must pay the costs of an arbitration under subsection (4).
(6) The cemetery manager must, within 14 days after dealing with any land under this section, notify the Director of Local Government in writing of that fact.
(7) The Director of Local Government may declare, by notice published in the Gazette, that the relevant land ceases to be a cemetery.