AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CANBERRA PUBLIC CEMETERY REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 1 of 1966

	The fees and charges payable in respect of the Canberra Public Cemetery have not been increased since 1955.  A recent survey of actual costs has shown that amounts payable are no longer sufficient to meet costs.  Accordingly, approval has been given to amend the Regulations to provide for revised fees and charges.

	The cost of burial to a depth of 5 feet for a person of four years of age or more has been increased,

	on a Sunday or holiday from £7:10:0 to £18:0:0,
	on a Saturday from £5:12:6 to £12:0:00,
	and on any other day from £3:15:0 to £9:0:0.

	A burial to a depth of 5 fee in respect of a child under four years of age (including a still-born child) has been increased,

	on a Sunday or holiday from £4:10:0 to £9:0:0,
	on a Saturday from £3:7:6 to £6:0:0,
	and on any other day from £2:5:0 to £4:10:0.

	The charge for interment of ashes has been increased for 15/- to £2:0:0.

	In respect of exhumations, where the re-burial is in the same allotment in the cemetery the amount payable has been increased from £5:0:0 to £25:0:0.  Where the re-burial is in another allotment from £7:10:0 to £34:0:0, and where the body is to be removed to another cemetery the amount has been increased from £5:0:0 to £25:0:0.

	The cost of supplying and fixing a tablet in a lawn burial and inscribing it with the number of the grave and 40 or less other characters has been increased from £3:12:6 to £5:0:0.