Cemeteries and Crematoria Bylaw 2014

What the Cemeteries and Crematoria Bylaw does

This bylaw manages activities at council cemeteries and crematoria by:

• stating how adornments can be used (clauses 6 and 7)
• restricting who can dig a grave (clause 8)
• requiring a person to comply with any cemeteries and crematoria controls (clause 9)
• requiring prior approval from the council (clause 10) to:
• inter, cremate, disinter and scatter ashes
• plant, cut, maintain or remove vegetation
• install or make any changes to a monument
• construct or make any changes to a vault or mausoleum
• requiring the plot owner to maintain the monument, vault or mausoleum (clause 11)
• requiring a person who prepares a casket or shroud for burial or cremation to meet certain requirements (clause 12)
• requiring a person who does monument work to meet certain requirements (clause 13)
• requiring a person doing physical works to stop working in certain circumstances, such as when a funeral is in progress (clause 14).

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