Power of Public Trustee to act on behalf of holder of interment right etc
56 Power of Public Trustee to act on behalf of holder of interment right etc
If reasonable attempts by the relevant authority for a cemetery or natural burial ground to ascertain or locate—
the holder of an interment right in relation to the cemetery or natural burial ground; or
the owner of a memorial erected in a cemetery or natural burial ground, fail, the Public Trustee may, at the request of the relevant authority, act on behalf of the holder or owner (and in that case, a reference in this Act to the holder of an interment right, or the owner of a memorial, will be read as a reference to the Public Trustee).
Nothing in this section requires the Public Trustee to assume any financial responsibility on behalf of the holder of an interment right or the owner of a memorial.
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