Territory responsible for maintenance of closed facilities
112A Territory responsible for maintenance of closed facilities
The Territory is responsible for maintaining each closed facility to an acceptable standard.
Examples—maintenance
maintenance of the grounds of the facility
maintenance of mausoleums, vaults and graves in the facility
maintenance of walls, fences, paths, roads and drains of the facility
However, the Minister may authorise an entity to be responsible for maintaining a closed facility on behalf of the Territory.
An authorisation is a notifiable instrument.
If the expenditure required for the maintenance of a closed facility exceeds the amount available in the perpetual care trust for the closed facility, the Territory is responsible for the additional expenditure required for the maintenance of the closed facility.
In this section:
closed facility means a facility that was closed in accordance with—
an approval given under section 54; or
a declaration made under section 116A (2).
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