Cemeteries Act 1986

A Board may make local laws or by‑laws, as the case may be, that are necessary or convenient for the purposes of this Act and in particular for any of the following purposes —

prescribing types of memorials permitted in different areas of a cemetery; and

prescribing the location, dimensions and preparation of graves; and

prescribing specifications and materials for memorials; and

prescribing specifications and materials for coffins for burials and cremations; and

prescribing methods for the disposal of ashes of cremated bodies in a cemetery; and

prescribing requirements for the burial and covering of coffins; and

for the protection of memorials and the land and property of a Board; and

regulating the grant of rights of burial; and

regulating the maintenance of areas for burials and empowering a Board to enter into an agreement with the holder of a right of burial for the maintenance of an area at the expense of such holder; and

regulating, subject to the provisions of the Cremation Act 1929, the operation of any crematorium used by a Board; and

convening and regulating meetings of a Board; and

for the conduct of funerals, including the conduct of funerals by a Board; and

prescribing the procedures of a Board with respect to applications for and issue of licences, permits and permissions; and

regulating the entry to and use of vehicles in a cemetery; and

regulating the manner of payment and the receipt of fees and charges; and

providing that contravention of a local law or by‑law constitutes an offence and providing for penalties not exceeding a fine of $500 and if the offence is a continuing one to a further fine not exceeding $20 for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued; and

prescribing offences for the purposes of sections 63 and 64 by setting out the offences or by reference to the provisions contravention of which constitutes the offences and in respect of each such offence prescribing the modified penalty, or different modified penalties according to the circumstances by which the offence is attended, applicable if the offence is dealt with under those sections, but so that no such modified penalty exceeds $50; and

generally for the doing of all such acts and things as are or may be necessary or convenient for the effective administration of a cemetery.