Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003 - SECT 179

Review by VCAT

179. Review by VCAT



(1) A holder of a right of interment may apply to the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal established by the
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 for review of a decision
of a cemetery trust-

   (a)  to refuse to grant an approval to establish or alter a memorial or a
        place of interment in the cemetery; or

   (b)  to grant an approval to establish or alter a memorial or a place of
        interment in the cemetery subject to terms and conditions.

(2) An application for review must be made within 28 days after the later of-

   (a)  the day on which the decision is made; or

   (b)  if, under the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998,
        the person requests a statement of reasons for the decision, the day
        on which the statement of reasons is given to the person or the person
        is informed under section 46(5) of that Act that a statement of
        reasons will not be given.