Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria Trust Act 2024

The charitable purpose of the CCC Trust is modified as follows—

the burial or cremation, or other interment or disposal, by the Roman Catholic denomination, of the remains of the dead of the Catholic faith, another faith or no faith on cemeteries situated on CCC land, including the following—

the control, operation and management of cemeteries, including the general and perpetual care and maintenance of cemeteries,

the consecration and blessing of land in connection with the blessing of the dead,

the erection and maintenance of chapels and other sacred spaces,

the provision of funerary services,

the acquisition of new land for, or establishment of, new cemeteries or improvements to cemeteries, including the erection of structures on land for use by 1 or more faith groups or persons of no faith,

the conduct of—

Catholic religious masses, or

ceremonies for other faiths or persons of no faith,

the administration of sacraments and funeral rites to persons approaching death or grieving the dead,

the carrying out of corporal works of mercy, or rites recognised by other faiths, in connection with the dead,

other matters that are—

incidental or ancillary to the purpose for which the land is reserved under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, and

complementary to the public use of Crown land.

Subject to subsections (3)–(5), assets, rights and liabilities derived from the care, control, management and administration of, and dealings with, CCC land and other property of the CCC Trust are vested in the CCC Trust.

Proceeds arising from the divestment of Crown land under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 that, immediately before its divestment, was CCC land are not vested in the CCC Trust.

If the CCC Trust is no longer associated with the management of CCC land, proceeds arising from the care, control, management and administration of the land do not form part of the CCC Trust.

Despite subsection (2), for CCC land that is jointly managed under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, arrangements for the distribution of assets, rights and liabilities derived from the care, control, management and administration of, and dealings with, the land will be—

as agreed in writing between the relevant joint Crown land managers, or

in the absence of an agreement—as directed by the Minister.

To avoid doubt, words used in the charitable purpose of the trust, as modified by subsection (1), that are also used in this Act have the same meaning as in this Act.