AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CANBERRA PUBLIC CEMETERIES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 10 of 1984

The amendment to the Canberra Public Cemeteries Regulations will permit the use of zinc lined coffins where burial is to take place in a vault below ground.

Details of the amending Regulation are as follows:

	Regulation 23(1)(b) specifies that only lead lined coffins may be used where burial is to take place in a vault below ground; the amendment to Regulation 23(1)(b) will permit the use of zinc lining where burial is to take place in a vault below ground.