Burial and Cremation Act 2022

The grantee is entitled to do the following under an exclusive right of burial:

bury human remains in accordance with a burial approval at the burial site for which the right was granted;

specify a personal representative to exercise the right once the grantee is deceased;

specify persons whose human remains are to be buried at the burial site in respect of which the right was granted;

specify any conditions on the exercise of the right upon the death of the grantee.

The grantee may amend any information under subsection (1) from time to time.

A grantee is the only person who has the entitlement to specify or amend any information in subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d).

If the grantee amends any information under subsection (2), the manager of the cemetery must:

update the certificate of the grant with the updated information;

reissue the certificate of the grant to the grantee with the original duration of the right or the new duration of the right if the right is renewed under section 62(5).