Burial and Cremation Amendment Regulations 2018

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 26 December 2018

These regulations are administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Burial and Cremation Regulations 2015 , consequent on the commencement of the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018, by –

(a) specifying certain notification and publication requirements in respect of cemeteries; and

(b) prescribing certain new fees payable; and

(c) providing for certain persons to enter a cemetery or crematorium for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Burial and Cremation Act 2002; and

(d) prescribing –

(i) new offences and increasing the penalties payable for certain existing offences; and

(ii) certain offences as offences for which infringement notices may be issued under the Burial and Cremation Act 2002; and

(e) making minor consequential amendments.