Cemetery Rules and Regulations

The cemeteries are open to the public seven days a week.

An exclusive right of burial may be sold by the Council and may be held for eighty years. The Council will not repurchase any presold plots without a valid reason.

Any person is entitled to purchase an exclusive right to burial for no more than two plots. Any relative of a person who has bought such a right may purchase two adjacent plots only at the time of burial.

Council maintains the right to limit or not permit the reserving of plots at certain periods of time in order to hold an adequate number of plots available for burials in any cemetery when deemed necessary.

Interments may take place between the hours of 10:00am and 3:30pm on Mondays to Sundays inclusive. Cemeteries are closed for all interments on public holidays.

Following a burial service the grave will be left mounded for 90 days. Adornments, including wreaths and floral tributes may be placed on the mounded plot during this period. After this time, all adornments must be duly placed in approved receptacles on the concrete berm to allow for grave levelling and turf reinstatement operations to be completed. It is our preference for the family to move all adornments and floral tributes, however this will be completed by our contractor if not done so by the family within the 90 day period in order to complete levelling of the grave. Families may request Council to have the grave levelled before the 90 day period.

Once the grave has been levelled and re-turfed, items are permitted to be placed on grave area to a maximum length of one meter from the concrete berm only. Each individual item is to be no more than 50mm in size and be easily removed for cemetery operations where deemed necessary. No hard materials such as concrete, timber edging or pavers are permitted.

Adornments must not inhibit the proper maintenance of the Cemetery or other graves.

Breakable jars, vases or receptacles must not be used as flower containers.

Private seating is allowed, but must:

• Be of sound construction,
• not be fixed to the ground,
• not exceed the width to accommodate up to two persons only, and
• be light enough to be moved by one person

No person may plant a tree, shrub or other vegetation in any Cemetery.

No person shall take a dog into a Cemetery unless it is a certified disability assist dog under the Dog Control Act 1996, which must remain restrained at all times.

No person shall consume, bring or possess alcohol between the hours of 7:00pm and 8:00am within any Cemetery.