Northern Territory Numbered Acts

BURIAL AND CREMATION ACT 2022 (NO 16 OF 2022) - SECT 3

The objects of this Act are:

    (a)     to enable and accommodate different methods and practices for the burial, exhumation and disposal of human remains, including respecting the rights of Aboriginal people to practice customs and traditions in relation to burials, exhumations and disposals; and

    (b)     to ensure records of burials, exhumations and disposals of human remains are kept and maintained for the benefit of next of kin and future generations; and

    (c)     to regulate record keeping for the protection and maintenance of burial sites; and

    (d)     to recognise different burial areas for the burial of human remains; and

    (e)     to regulate cemeteries for the burial of human remains; and

    (f)     to regulate the management of cemeteries in a way that takes into account economic, social, cultural and regional interests; and

    (g)     to regulate facilities for the disposal of human remains.