Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013

A strategic plan identifies the main priorities for the future of a Crown cemetery for the period to which the plan relates.

A Crown cemetery operator must—

prepare a draft strategic plan for the management of the operation of each Crown cemetery for which the operator is responsible in accordance with this section, and

submit the strategic plan to the Cemeteries Agency for review.

A Crown cemetery operator who is responsible for more than one Crown cemetery may prepare a single draft strategic plan for all those cemeteries.

The Crown cemetery operator must prepare the first draft strategic plan for a Crown cemetery within 12 months after the operator becomes the operator.

A strategic plan in force under this section for a Crown cemetery trust immediately before this section was substituted by the Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017 continues in force for the purposes of this Act for each Crown cemetery for a Crown cemetery operator to which the plan applied.

Subsequent draft strategic plans must be prepared at such times as the Cemeteries Agency directs.

The strategic plan must be in the form and provide for such matters as may be required by the Cemeteries Agency and must be prepared in accordance with any guidelines made by the Cemeteries Agency under section 91.

The Cemeteries Agency may require an operator to amend and re-submit a draft strategic plan that is not prepared in accordance with the guidelines.

The Cemeteries Agency may—

approve a strategic plan, or

approve a strategic plan with amendments, or

refuse to approve a strategic plan.

A Crown cemetery operator must advise the Cemeteries Agency if the operator wishes to exercise the operator’s functions in a manner inconsistent with an approved strategic plan.

A Crown cemetery operator must ensure that an approved strategic plan is made available to members of the public on request.