Select Committee on the Cemetery Provisions of the Local Government Act

Committee Details

21/11/2002
House of Assembly Standing Orders
50th Parliament 05/03/2002 - 20/02/2006
Report tabled 24 November 2003.

Committee Function

To examine and report upon the cemetery provisions (Part 30) of the Local Government Act 1934, including consideration of -
(a) an appropriate legislative and administrative framework for the regulation and administration of interment within all cemeteries in South Australia, irrespective of ownership, location or operational status;
(b) an appropriate legislative and administrative framework for the disposal of non-cremated human remains and management of gravesites outside of cemeteries;
(c) the need for any identification of or disposal authorisation for bodies prior to burial;
(d) terms, renewal, transfer and nature of interment rights, including implications for the ongoing financial viability of cemetery operations;
(e) appropriate processes for, management of and rights at end of tenure of individual gravesites and with respect to closed or derelict cemeteries, gravesites or graveyards;
(f) specific requirements for people from culturally and religiously diverse backgrounds, and their customs and practices with respect to interment of human remains in cemeteries;
(g) any special requirements for the preservation of pioneer remains, burial sites and monuments;
(h) any special requirements for the burial sites of Aboriginal people where there is an interface between Aboriginal burial sites and European burial sites;
(i) any special requirements for the resting place or monuments (headstones & plaques) of ex-service men and women;
(j) innovative ways of acknowledging the deceased, including via multiuse parks and gardens;
(k) previous recommendations under points 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 3.1 to 3.9, 4.1, 4.2 and 5.2 of the Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Disposal of Human Remains in South Australia, 18 November 1986; and
(l) any other related matter.
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Acknowledgement of Country

The Parliament of South Australia acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners of this country throughout Australia, and their connection to land and community. We pay our respect to them and their cultures and to the Elders both past and present.