Prepaid Funerals Act 2004

A contributor may, by notice in writing to a person carrying on a funeral business, terminate a prepaid funeral agreement on any of the following grounds:that the recipient has ceased to be ordinarily resident in Tasmania; that the relationship status of the recipient has changed; that in the opinion of the Director it is unreasonable in all the circumstances that the agreement should continue in force; that, in the opinion of the Director, the continued payment of instalments would cause serious hardship for the contributor; that the funeral business has ceased to carry on business and is unable to provide the funeral services; that funeral services have already been supplied in respect of the recipient.

A person carrying on a funeral business may, by notice in writing to the contributor, terminate a prepaid funeral agreement on either of the following grounds:that the funeral business has ceased to carry on business; that the funeral business is unable to provide the funeral services for reasons that were not reasonably foreseeable at the time the agreement was made.

On application by a person carrying on a funeral business, the Director may terminate a prepaid funeral agreement if he or she is satisfied that in all the circumstances it is unreasonable for the agreement to be performed.