Queensland Consolidated Acts

FUNERAL BENEFIT BUSINESS ACT 1982

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   5.      Definitions

           Part 2--Appointment of officers

   6.      Registrar
   6A.     Delegation by registrar
   6B.     Appointment of inspectors
   6C.     Inspector's identity card
   6D.     Production of inspector's identity card

           Part 3--Existing agreements with corporations registered at commencement of this Act

   8.      Application of pt 3
   9.      Funeral Benefit Trust Fund and its trustees
   10.     Trustees are statutory body
   11.     Investment of moneys, allocation of interest and expenses etc.
   13.     Annual report on operation of fund
   14.     Benefits trust funds
   15.     Payment of moneys into the fund
   16.     Payments from the fund in respect of benefits
   17.     Application of benefits trust fund and of the fund
   18.     Payments from the fund in special circumstances
   19.     Annual returns to be furnished by corporation
   20.     Quinquennial valuation
   21.     Where assets insufficient to meet liabilities
   22.     Where assets more than sufficient to meet liabilities
   23.     Corporation to change rules

           Part 4--Existing agreements with corporations registered after the commencement of this Act

   24.     Application of pt 4
   25.     Meaning of nominated property
   32.     Provisions to be contained in rules
   36.     Certificate of registration
   38.     Funeral benefit business trust fund account
   39.     Funeral benefit business trust fund
   40.     Investment of moneys
   41.     Application of funeral benefit business trust fund
   42.     Annual returns to be furnished by corporation
   43.     Quinquennial valuation
   44.     Where assets insufficient to meet liabilities
   45.     Where assets more than sufficient to meet liabilities
   46.     Corporation to change rules
   47.     Register of contributors
   48.     Receipts

           Part 5--Sale of funeral benefit businesses and cancellation of registration provisions for part 3 and 4 corporations

   49.     Definition for pt 5
   50.     Sale of funeral benefit business
   51.     Cancellation of registration at request of corporation
   52.     Cancellation of registration by QCAT

           Part 6--General provisions for registered corporations for particular funeral benefit agreements

   58.     Application of pt 6
   59.     Nominated office
   60.     Secretary
   61.     Provisions as to rules
   62.     Settlement of disputes between corporations and contributors etc.
   63.     Change of name of registered corporation
   64.     Audit by direction of registrar
   65.     Control and management of certain accounts of registered corporations
   66.     How payments from accounts to be made
   67.     Compliance with requirements of registrar
   68.     Inspection of books by contributors etc.
   70.     Advertising
   71.     Falsification of entries etc.
   72.     False and misleading statements

           Part 7--Agreements entered into after the commencement of the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003

   73.     Application of pt 7
   74.     Client care statement
   75.     Person must be given copy of agreement
   76.     Cooling-off period
   77.     Consequences of exercising rights in cooling-off period
   78.     Person to be advised that the person may enter into an agreement with an authorised investment manager
   79.     Application of Trusts Act 1973
   80.     Application of Trust Accounts Act 1973

           Part 8--General provisions for funeral benefit businesses

   81.     Powers of inspectors
   82.     Proceedings for offences
   83.     Institution of proceedings
   84.     Offence by corporation
   85.     Matters relating to evidence and proof
   86.     Protection from liability
   88.     Regulations
   89.     Approval of forms
           Endnotes