Australian Capital Territory
Cemeteries and Crematoria (Public 
Cemetery Fees) Determination 2017 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2017–46
Made under the
Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003, section 49 (Determination of fees)

1.	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Cemeteries and Crematoria (Public Cemetery Fees) Determination 2017 (No 1).
2.	Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 July 2017.
3.	Revocation 
This Instrument revokes (DI2016-108) Cemeteries and Crematoria (Public Cemetery Fees) Determination 2016 (No1). 
4.	Determination of fees
	The fee payable in respect of each matter listed in an item in column 1 of the schedule is the amount listed for that item in column 3. 
5.	Payment of fee 
A fee listed in the Schedule is payable to the Australian Capital Territory Public Cemeteries Authority by the person requesting the goods or service listed.
6.	Refunds or credits for surrenders of entitlements to allotments
If a person has paid a fee for an entitlement to an allotment or crypt and surrenders that entitlement, the person may:
(a)	receive a refund as set out in part 5 of the schedule; or
(b)	be entitled to a reduced fee for the entitlement to another allotment or crypt as set out in part 7 of the schedule, subject to the limits set out in that part.
7.	Goods and services tax
All fees are GST inclusive.

Mick Gentleman MLA
A/g Minister for Transport and City Services

16 May 2017
Column 1 
Goods or service supplied	Column 2
Fee payable in 2016-17	Column 3
Fee payable 
from 1 July 2017	
Part 1	Cemetery burial, interment and memorial fees			
Gungahlin Cemetery			
Burials (Monday to Friday, normal hours)			
Plaque Beam areas
(General, Aboriginal, Jewish)			
First burial/Reservation
Allotment/ Burial/Plaque/Maintenance	$6,725.00	$7,263.00	
Re-Open
Burial/Plaque	$2,854.00	$3,033.00	
Monumental Lawn areas			
First Burial/Reservation
Allotment/Burial/Memorial Permit/Maintenance	$6,701.00	$7,237.00	
Re-Open
Burial	$2,017.00	$2,179.00	
Family estate areas 
Note: sold in multiples of 2			
First Burial/Reservation
Allotment/Burial/Memorial Permit/Maintenance (Total)	$13,402.00	$14,474.00	
Re-Open
Burial	$2,017.00	$2,179.00	
Headstone areas
(General, Jewish, Orthodox, Ukrainian, Islamic)			
First Burial/Reservation
Allotment/Burial/Memorial Permit/Maintenance	$7,302.00	$7,887.00	
Re-Open
Burial	$2,017.00	$2,179.00	
Vaults			
First Burial/Reservation
Vault Installation/Burial/Allotment/Memorial Permit/Maintenance	$16,369.00	$17,680.00	
Preferred Position of Vault (extra)	$2,414.00	$2,607.00	
Re-Open
Burial	$1,245.00	$1,345.00	
Ex-Service Personnel			
First Burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Maintenance/Burial/Headstone/Vase/Plaque	$7,501.00	$8,053.00	
Re-Open	$2,842.00	$3,021.00	

Column 1 
Goods or service supplied	Column 2
Fee payable in 2016-17	Column 3
Fee payable 
from 1 July 2017	
Natural Burial Ground			
Single Depth Burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Maintenance/Burial/Plaque	$5,136.00	$5,548.00	
Ashes Interment (Plaque inc.)	$891.00	$939.00	
Children’s Garden			
First Burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Maintenance/Burial/Memorial Permit	$3,361.00	$3,630.00	
Re-Open			
Burial	$1,008.00	$1,089.00	
Babies’ Rose Garden			
Burial/Plaque	$652.00	$704.00	
Interments of ashes (Monday to Friday normal hours) and memorials			
Memorial gardens			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque	$2,607.00	$2,817.00	
Wall of remembrance			
Allotment/Plaque/Maintenance/Interment	$1,969.00	$2,128.00	
Interment behind plaque (including container provided by cemetery)	$434.00	$469.00	
Memorial Rock Garden			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque	$2,509.00	$2,711.00	
Family estate – ashes only, 
	in specific areas where no full burials are possible			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Memorial Permit	$7,512.00	$8,110.00	
Family estate – memorial only, 
	in specific areas where no full burials are possible			
Allotment/Maintenance/Memorial Permit	$6,426.00	$6,936.00	
Dedication seat
(maintenance sponsorship)			
Seat already in cemetery (including Plaque/Maintenance)	$3,310.00	$3,575.00	
New seat (including Plaque/Maintenance)	$6,623.00	$7,152.00	
Avenue of Trees - Up to four blocks/plaques			
Allotment/Interment/Block/Plaque/Maintenance	$9,095.00	$9,823.00	
Individual Tree - Up to six blocks/plaques			
Allotment/Interment/Block/Plaque/Maintenance	$11,132.00	$12,023.00	
Shared Tree			
Allotment/Interment/Block/Plaque/Maintenance	$4,773.00	$5,156.00	

Column 1 
Goods or service supplied	Column 2
Fee payable in 2016-17	Column 3
Fee payable 
from 1 July 2017	
Hall Cemetery			
Headstone area			
First Burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Burial/Memorial Permit/Maintenance	$5,859.00	$6,329.00	
Re-Open			
Burial	$3,169.00	$3,423.00	
Ashes area			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque	$2,400.00	$2,593.00	

Woden Cemetery			
Burials (Monday to Friday, normal hours)			
Lawn cemetery areas			
First burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque	$7,260.00	$7,807.00	
Re-Open			
Burial /Plaque	$2,575.00	$2,747.00	
Headstone area			
First burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Maintenance/Burial/Memorial Permit	$9,029.00	$9,751.00	
Re-Open			
Burial	$2,543.00	$2,746.00	
Vaults			
First burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Burial/Vault Installation/Memorial Permit/Maintenance	$17,369.00	$18,759.00	
Preferred Position of Vault (extra)	$2,407.00	$2,600.00	
Re-Open			
Burial	$1,241.00	$1,341.00	
Oak boulevard – Earth burial			
First burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Maintenance/Burial/Memorial Permit	$14,245.00	$15,385.00	
Re-Open			
Burial	$2,543.00	$2,746.00	

Column 1 
Goods or service supplied	Column 2
Fee payable in 2016-17	Column 3
Fee payable 
from 1 July 2017	
Oak Boulevard – Vault  			
  Note: Not available in all allotments			
First burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Vault Installation/Burial/Memorial Permit/Maintenance	$22,590.00	$24,399.00	
Preferred Position of Vault	$2,407.00	$2,600.00	
Re-Open			
Burial	$1,241.00	$1,341.00	
Ex-Service personnel			
First burial/Reservation			
Allotment/Maintenance/Burial/Headstone/Vase/Plaque	$8,393.00	$9,016.00	
Re-Open			
Burial/Plaque	$2,834.00	$3,060.00	
Children’s garden			
First burial			
Allotment/Maintenance/Burial/Memorial Permit	$3,629.00	$3,921.00	
Re-Open			
Burial	$1,005.00	$1,086.00	
Babies’ rose garden			
Burial and Plaque	$748.00	$808.00	
Interments of ashes (Monday to Friday normal hours) and memorials			
Memorial gardens			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque	$2,991.00	$3,231.00	
Memorial Rock Garden			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque	$3,005.00	$3,246.00	
Liquidambar Lane (Memorial Garden)			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque	$4,220.00	$4,558.00	
Oak boulevard – Interment of Ashes Note: 2 interments			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque (x2)/Granite Block	$8,675.00	$9,369.00	
Dedication seat			
Seat Already in Cemetery (including plaque)	$3,301.00	$3,565.00	
New Seat (including plaque)	$6,603.00	$7,132.00	
Individual Tree – up to six blocks/plaques			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque/Granite Block	$11,132.00	$12,023.00	
Shared Tree			
Allotment/Maintenance/Interment/Plaque/Granite Block	$4,606.00	$4,975.00	
Column 1 
Goods or service supplied	Column 2
Fee payable in 2016-17	Column 3
Fee payable 
from 1 July 2017	
Part 2        Christ the Redeemer Mausoleum fees			
Allotment/ Maintenance/ Burial/ Inscription 			
Inside Crypts			
Heaven Level - Double	$62,810.00	$64,066.00	
Heaven Level - Single	$31,405.00	$32,033.00	
Eye Level - Double	$79,152.00 	$80,102.00 	
Eye Level - Single	$39,264.50	$40,051.00	
Heart Level - Double	$89,738.00	$91,520.00	
Heart Level - Single	$44,869.00	$45,760.00	
Prayer Level - Double	$69,542.00	$70,928.00	
Prayer Level - Single	$34,771.00	$35,464.00	
Family Estate - (8 crypts) 2 x Heaven, 2 x Eye, 2 x heart, 2 x Prayer	$360,734.00	$367,928.00	
Outside Crypts			
Heaven Level- Double	$59,686.00	$60,896.00	
Eye Level- Double	$74,602.00	$76,098.00	
Heart Level- Double	$85,272.00	$86,988.00	
Prayer Level- Double	$66,066.00	$67,386.00	
Columbarium - Glass or Marble front panel 			
Level 5 - 6 Double	$13,926.00	$14,223.00	
Level 5 - 6 Single	$7,238.00	$7,392.00	
Level 3 - 4 Double	$18,763.80	$19,140.00	
Level 3 - 4 Single	$9,922.00	$10,120.00	
Level 1 - 2 Double	$16,758.50	$17,105.00	
Level 1 - 2 Single	$8,811.00	$8,987.00	

Column 1 
Goods or service supplied	Column 2
Fee payable in 2016-17	Column 3
Fee payable
from 1 July 2017	
Part 3	Other cemetery fees and charges			
Service fees			
Burial related			
Interment of Ashes	$543.00	$554.00	
Triple depth burials 	$384.00	$392.00	
Oversize “X” Coffins, with dimensions in excess of length 2,100mm+; width 700mm+; depth 450mm+, in addition to normal fee	$384.00	$392.00	
Ledger removal for burial	$399.00	$460.00	
Concrete slab for shallow re-open	$424.00	$432.00	
Cemetery to brick Islamic Grave (includes Bricks)	$954.00	$973.00	
Slabs and bricks for Islamic Grave (for family to install)	$336.00	$342.00	
After hour fees (in addition to normal burial fee)			
Saturday burial – before 11.59am	$1,092.00	$1,114.00	
Saturday burial- from 12.00pm	$1,534.00	$1,565.00	
Sunday/Public Holiday Burial	$2,503.00	$2,554.00	
Late Fees: Weekdays per half hour – arrival 30 minutes or more after booked time 	$504.00	$515.00	
Winter arrivals after 3.30pm will incur the late fee			
Summer arrivals after 4.00pm will incur the late fee			
During daylight savings			
Bookings made between 4.00pm and 4.59pm	$463.00	$472.00	
Bookings made between 5.00pm and 6.00pm	$743.00	$758.00	
Blocks			
Raised Concrete block in family estate	$138.00	$140.00	
Raised Granite block in family estate	$546.00	$557.00	
Cement –old grave – from flat block	$194.00	$198.00	
Granite –old grave – from flat block	$744.00	$759.00	
Upgrade to Granite from raised concrete with no plaque	$546.00	$557.00	
Upgrade to Granite from raised concrete with a plaque on	$884.00	$902.00	
Raised full length granite block for 4 plaques	$897.00	$914.00	
Long flat concrete block for 4 plaques	$173.00	$177.00	
Long flat granite block for 4 plaques	$730.00	$745.00	
Miscellaneous			
Hire of Chapel – Christ the Redeemer Mausoleum	$281.00	$286.00	
Gas Heating for Chapel	$274.00	$280.00	
Transfer of Exclusive Right	$136.00	$139.00	
Service Fee for work not covered by a specific Fee (per hour)	$136.00	$139.00	
Exhumation and disinterment			
Earth Grave exhumation	$7,452.00	$7,601.00	
Vault exhumation	$3,517.00	$3,587.00	
Ashes disinterment	$703.00	$717.00	
Plaque			
Single Plaque	$837.00	$854.00	
Book of Life (Base & 1st page)	$1,395.00	$1,423.00	
Book of Life (2nd page)	$570.00	$582.00	
Double Plaque	$1,168.00	$1,192.00	
Detachable Plaque	$291.00	$297.00	
Jewish Plaque /Tree Plaque	$906.00	$924.00	
Small Additional Plaque	$433.00	$442.00	
Woden Chrome/Bronze Plaque	$564.00	$575.00	
Plaque surcharge – 2 week turnaround	$171.00	$175.00	
Vases (plaque beam)	$28.00	$29.00	
Single Sculptured Plaque	$1,657.00	$1,690.00	
Book Plaque	$843.00	$859.00	
Teddy Bear Plaque (medium)	$781.00	$797.00	
Teddy Bear Plaque (small)	$486.00	$496.00	
Refurbish/re-chrome Plaque	$363.00	$370.00	
Letter Change and Refurbish	$135.00	$137.00	
Heart Shape Plaque	$872.00	$889.00	
Replacement Single Plaque (error by family)	$480.00	$490.00	
Ex-Service Strip Plaque	$418.00	$426.00	
Plaque Polish Kit	$39.00	$40.00	
Photos	$346.00	$353.00	
Additional Photo Proofs	$57.00	$58.00	
Vase Aluminium 100mm	$28.00	$29.00	
New products 2017-18			
Bricks for Islamic Children's grave	-	$200.00 	
Children’s Garden memorial rock 	-	$1,408.50 	
Leaf Tile for Children's Memory Tree/Memory Bench	-	$660.00 	
Duplicate Leaf Tile for family to keep	-	$450.00 	

Part 4 	Products purchased on behalf of customers
E.g. Cremation urns, special purchase plaques, keepsakes 
Products purchased on a one-off basis on behalf of customers or for re-sale to customers will be priced at a rate no higher than Purchase Cost plus an appropriate service fee listed in Part 3 of this schedule.

Part 5	Private mausoleum or family plot (Gungahlin Cemetery only) 
Larger plots of land may be provided with fees based on the number of Vault allotments that would otherwise occupy the area, plus an appropriate buffer. The fee charged may also include other statutory fees incurred, such as Development Application fees and an administration fee based on the number of hours required to manage the construction. The format, size and location of each of these memorials will be negotiated on a case by case basis.

Based on standard Vault allotment
Allotment fee	100% 	
Maintenance fee	100%	
Burial fee	25% for Mausolea or 
100% for normal below ground burials	
Memorial Permit fee	0%	
Administration Fee	the miscellaneous service fee (part 3 of the schedule) per hour required to manage the installation	
Other statutory fees	100% as levied by other ACT Government agencies	

Part 6	Refunds for surrender of an entitlement to an allotment 

A person surrendering an entitlement to an allotment may receive a proportion of the fees that they have paid as follows:
Allotment fee	75% of payment made for allotments except the Mausoleum	
	90% of payment made for a mausoleum crypt or columbarium niche	
Maintenance fee	100% of payment made, less 4% of the payment for each whole year from when payment was made	
Burial fee	100% of payment if no burial has been performed, otherwise 0%	
Plaque fee	100% of payment if no plaque has been installed, otherwise 0%	
Memorial Permit fee	100% of payment if no monument has been installed, otherwise 0%	

A refund cannot be made until any monument installed on the site has been fully removed without cost to the cemeteries authority. 

Note:	Where a surrender of an entitlement will involve the exhumation of a body, authority for the exhumation must first be obtained – see section 23 of the Act.

Part 7	Fees for the transfer of entitlement from one allotment to another

1.	If a person surrenders an entitlement to an allotment or crypt (the first entitlement) in order to transfer exclusive rights to another allotment or crypt in a cemetery managed by the cemeteries authority, they will be credited with 100% of the current fees (or their equivalent) relating to the first entitlement, less 
(a)	for the transfer of entitlement from a standard allotments or ashes allotment to another allotment – the miscellaneous service fee (part 3 of the schedule) x 2; or
(b)	for the transfer of entitlement from one mausoleum crypt to mausoleum another - 4% of the original payment.
Note	The miscellaneous service fee is an hourly fee.
2.	The surrender and transfer of entitlement must be concurrent.
3.	Where components of the fee were not paid those components will not count toward the credit.
4. 	Credit is strictly on a one for one basis. Multiple entitlements may not be combined to offset one entitlement.