Offences—keeping registers

In force

(1)

A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)

is the licensee of a facility; and

(b)

is required to keep a register under—

(i)

section 62 (Register—right to burial and right to interment); or

(ii)

section 63 (Register—burial, cremation, interment etc); or

(iii)

section 63A (Register—collection of cremated remains); and

(c)

does not keep the register.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2)

A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)

is the licensee of a facility; and

(b)

keeps a register under—

(i)

section 62 (Register—right to burial and right to interment); or

(ii)

section 63 (Register—burial, cremation, interment etc); and

(c)

does not keep the register—

(i)

in a secure electronic database; and

(ii)

in a way that can be searched by members of the public.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3)

A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)

is the licensee of a facility; and

(b)

keeps a register under section 63A (Register—collection of cremated remains); and

(c)

does not keep the register in a secure electronic database.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(4)

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

Subdivision 4.4.3 Licensee records

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64 Offences—keeping registers