AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA ACT 2003
DETERMINATION OF FEES
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
DI 297of2003

The Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003 regulates the operation of cemeteries and crematoria. 

Public cemeteries and crematoria are managed by the ACT Public Cemeteries Board.  The Board is required to operate on a sound financial basis.

To comply with this requirement, the Board advises the Minister as to the appropriate levels of fees for the range of services provided by public cemeteries and crematoria. 

Section 49(1) of the Act authorises the Minister to determine fees for the purposes of the Act. The determination sets out the fees payable for cemeteries and crematoria services.

These are the fees proposed for the 2003/2004 financial year by the former Trustees of the Canberra Cemeteries, since replaced by the members of the Board.

This is the first determination of fees under the Act, which repealed and replaced the Cemeteries Act 1933.

The determination takes effect from the day after notification.