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In forceOffence—interment
Part 3Burial, cremation, interment or exhumation
Division 3.5Interment
31 Offence—interment
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
the person is the licensee of a facility; and
(b)
the person inters cremated remains at the facility; and
(c)
the interment is not in accordance with any of the following:
(i)
the minimum standards for the interment of cremated remains prescribed by regulation;
(ii)
the standard operating procedures for the facility;
(iii)
if a code of practice applies to the interment or the facility—the code of practice;
(iv)
anything else prescribed by regulation.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2)
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
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