Burial and Cremation Regulations 2025

This regulation applies in respect of the following sections of the Act:section 45(4); section 52(1)(a); section 61(c); section 64(2)(d); section 68(3)(a); section 70(1)(a); section 71(3)(a).

For the purposes of a section of the Act to which this regulation applies, a notice under that section is published in the prescribed manner if – the notice is published – in a daily newspaper or newspapers approved by the Regulator; and in the general, or public notice or equivalent, section of the newspaper; and the font used in the notice is not smaller than the standard font used by the newspaper; and the notice does not use spacing that is smaller than the standard spacing used by the newspaper; and the notice contains a heading, in bold text, that specifies – if the notice is made under section 45(4), that the notice relates to the approval of a new cemetery; or if the notice is made under section 52(1)(a), that the notice relates to the proposed sale of a cemetery; or if the notice is made under section 61(c), that the notice relates to the sale and transfer of a cemetery; or if the notice is made under section 64(2)(d), that the notice relates to the closure of a cemetery; or if the notice is made under section 68(3)(a), that the notice relates to the approval to take certain actions in a closed cemetery; or if the notice is made under section 70(1)(a), that the notice relates to the demolition or removal of a grave, monument or vault, or the exhumation and removal of human remains in or from a closed cemetery; or if the notice is made under section 71(3)(a), that the notice relates to the reduction of certain time frames in respect of a closed cemetery.