BURIAL AND CREMATION BILL

Final Stages

The House of Assembly agreed to amendments Nos 1 to 6 and 8 and 9 without any amendment; disagreed to amendment No. 7; and made an alternative amendment as indicated in the following schedule in lieu thereof:

No. 7. Clause 34, page 23, lines 16 and 17 [clause 34(2)]—Delete 'of an amount determined in accordance with the regulations' and substitute:

equal to the current fee payable for an interment right of the same kind, less a reasonable fee—

(a) for administration and maintenance costs; and

(b) for costs involved in the establishment of the cemetery or natural burial ground,

determined in accordance with the regulations

At 18:00 the council adjourned until Tuesday 4 June 2013 at 14:15.