Victorian Numbered Acts

CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA AMENDMENT (VETERANS REFORM) ACT 2015 (NO. 4 OF 2015) - SECT 7

After section 86 of the Principal Act insert —

        " 86A     Cemetery trust holds certain rights of interment relating to cremated human remains of deceased identified veterans

    (1)     If a cemetery trust converts a right of interment to a perpetual right under section 86(3)(a) in relation to cremated human remains of a deceased identified veteran—

        (a)     the right of interment is held by the cemetery trust; and

        (b)     the cemetery trust is responsible for the maintenance of that place of interment and any memorial at that place of interment.

    (2)     If a cemetery trust removes interred cremated human remains from their current place of interment and re-inters those remains under section 86(3)(b) or (4)—

        (a)     the right of interment that applies to the new place of interment at which those cremated human remains are re-interred is held by the cemetery trust; and

        (b)     the cemetery trust is responsible for the maintenance of that place of interment and any memorial at that place of interment.".