Offence—refusal or interference with interment activities related to religion, cultural group etc
32 Offence—refusal or interference with interment activities related to religion, cultural group etc
A person commits an offence if—
the person is the licensee of a facility; and
the person inters cremated remains at the facility; and
the deceased person whose cremated remains are interred, or a family member of the deceased person, requests or carries out at the facility activities for the interment that are—
related to the deceased person’s religion, cultural group or other special category; and
Examples—other special category babies, children or members of the Australian Defence Force
reasonable in the circumstances; and
the person refuses the request, or interferes with the activities being carried out.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
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