Who regulates cemeteries in NSW?
CCNSW
Cemeteries & Crematoria NSW (CCNSW) is a statutory agency supporting and regulating the interment industry, assessing interment needs and developing planning strategies for cemetery space. CCNSW also provides information to the public.
What industry is a cemetery?
The death care industry includes companies and organizations that provide services related to death: funerals, cremation or burial, and memorials. This includes for example funeral homes, coffins, crematoria, cemeteries, and headstones.
Are crematoriums regulated?
Yes, all cremation providers are regulated and must be licensed. There are also industry regulations and practices to ensure the ethical and safe handling of the deceased in crematories.
What is a cemetery authority?
Cemetery authority means any person who owns, maintains, or operates a cemetery.
Who pays for cemetery plot?
After the initial 25 years, the family of the deceased person can pay a fee to the cemetery to renew the right for a further 5 years at a time.
Who controls the funeral industry?
California Department of Consumer Affairs
The California Department of Consumer Affairs, Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (Bureau) licenses, regulates, and investigates complaints against 13 different licensing categories in California, totaling approximately 13,500 licensees.
What are issues the funeral industry is facing?
Problem areas in the industry include high costs, fraudulent prepaid funeral plans, high-pressure casket sales, sales of unnecessary products and possible environmental pollution at cemeteries.
Does EPA regulate crematories?
That is FALSE. EPA has never said they do not regulate crematories because they are low polluters. They do not regulate because they were LOBBIED to remove them from the category under which they were originally slated to be regulated. Well, a single crematory emits well above that amount.
What can you not do at a cemetery?
10 Things NOT To Do In A Cemetery
- Don’t go after hours.
- Don’t speed through the cemetery driveways.
- Don’t let your kids run wild.
- Don’t walk on top of the graves.
- Don’t sit or lean on the headstones, grave markers, or other memorials.
- Don’t talk to other cemetery visitors – even to say hello.
When did the NSW Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013 start?
In 2019-2020, the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment commenced a statutory review of the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013. The Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013 commenced in 2014 to regulate the interment sector in NSW; the five-year statutory review is required under Section 144 of the Act.
Is the NSW Cemeteries agency a statutory corporation?
Section 50 of the Interpretation Act 1987 provides for the powers of a statutory corporation. (1) The Cemeteries Agency is a NSW Government agency. s 7: Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.4 [1]. (1) All decisions relating to the functions of the Cemeteries Agency are to be made by or under the authority of the Board.
Who was involved in the NSW Cemetery review?
The Review was led by industry experts Tim Scott and David Harley AM. Tim Scott of Whitella Consulting has significant expertise in the cemetery and crematoria sector and David Harley has been a key advisor to the Government on the interment industry.
When did the Interment Act start in NSW?
In 2012, the NSW Government commenced a program of reforms to bring a coordinated, strategic approach to management of interment in New South Wales. The Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013 (the Act) was passed by the NSW Parliament and commenced on 24 October 2014.
