Burial and Cremation Amendment Regulations 2024
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Burial and Cremation Act 2019 .
30 January 2024B. BAKER
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
R. C. JAENSCH
Acting for and on behalf of the Minister for Local Government
These regulations may be cited as the Burial and Cremation Amendment Regulations 2024 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Burial and Cremation Regulations 2015 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
Regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of Act the following definition:alkaline hydrolysis means a process in which human remains –(a) are placed in a solution of water and alkali in a pressurised chamber; and(b) are heated, in that chamber, to a temperature that causes the human remains to be reduced to a sterile liquid and bones;
5. Part 4, Division 1AA inserted
After Part 4 of the Principal Regulations , the following Division is inserted in Part 4:Division 1AA - Preliminary48AA. Prescribed means of cremation
For the purposes of the definition of cremation in section 3(1) of the Act, alkaline hydrolysis is a prescribed means.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 7 February 2024
These regulations are administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Burial and Cremation Regulations 2015 by adding alkaline hydrolysis as a prescribed means of cremation.