Cremation Act 1929

In subsection (1)(b) —

The Governor may, subject to this Act, grant a licence to use and conduct a specified crematorium to any of the following bodies, namely —

the Board or controlling authority of any cemetery;

any association established and constituted in connection with the cremation of dead human bodies, and holding a certificate under the hand of the Chief Health Officer that such association is an association to which the provisions of this section may reasonably be extended.

Applicants for a licence under this Act must satisfy the Governor by statutory declaration or otherwise —

that they have sufficient authority to use the site or proposed site;

that they have erected and provided on the site in accordance with the regulations and to the satisfaction of the Chief Health Officer, such building, fittings, works, and apparatus as are necessary for the inoffensive, decent, and effective cremation of dead human bodies, or, in case the crematorium is not already established, that the Chief Health Officer has approved of the plans and specifications of the proposed building, fittings, works, and apparatus;

that notice of intention to apply for the licence has been given by advertisement, at least once in each of the 8 successive weeks immediately preceding the date of the application, in a public newspaper circulating in the city, town, or place within which the crematorium is erected or proposed to be erected, and that by such advertisement it was announced that objections to the granting of the licence might be lodged with the Chief Health Officer;

that where an objection to the granting of the licence has been lodged with the Chief Health Officer, the Chief Health Officer has over‑ruled the objection.

No licence granted for or in respect of any crematorium not already established shall have any validity or effect unless and until the Chief Health Officer shall certify (within one year from the granting of the licence) that the necessary building, fittings, works, and apparatus have been erected and installed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, and that the relative regulations have been complied with.