(1)  In these regulations –

Act means the Burial and Cremation Act 2002 ;

approved nameplate means a plate that is –

(a) made of metal, stone, plastic or other durable material; and

(b) engraved, printed, stamped or otherwise marked with the family name and at least one given name of the deceased person;

authorised officer means an authorised officer as defined in section 51 of the Act;

certificate of exclusive right of burial means a certificate issued under regulation 4 ;

coffin means a box, case or other receptacle into which human remains are placed for storage, movement, cremation or interment or which is designed for such a purpose;

coroner has the same meaning as in the Coroners Act 1995 ;

grave means –

(a) an interment plot; or

(b) a vault; or

(c) any other site or structure –

in which human remains are interred;

personal representative includes the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person, the Public Trustee and a nominee of a coroner;

senior next of kin , in relation to a deceased person, means the first listed person available from the following list –

(a) a person who, immediately before the death of the deceased person, was the spouse of the deceased person; or

(b) the deceased person's eldest available son or daughter who is 18 or more years of age; or

(c) the person with whom the deceased person at the time of his or her death was in a caring relationship which was the subject of a deed of relationship registered under Part 2 of the Relationships Act 2003 ; or

(d) if there is no person referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) or such a person is not available, a parent of the deceased person; or

(e) the deceased person's eldest available brother or sister who is 18 or more years of age; or

(f) the personal representative of the deceased person; or

(g) if the deceased person is an Aboriginal person within the meaning of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, a person who is an appropriate person according to the customs and tradition of the community or group to which the deceased person belonged; or

(h) a person nominated by the Director of Local Government by written notice provided to the person;

spouse includes the other party to a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 ;

vault means a compartment in a mausoleum, or an underground chamber, in which human remains are or may be interred.

(2)  For the purpose of the definition of "senior next of kin" in subregulation (1) , a person is not available if the person –

(a) does not exist; or

(b) has been unable to be contacted even though all reasonable steps have been taken to do so; or

(c) has declined to act as senior next of kin; or

(d) is unable to perform adequately or competently the duties of senior next of kin.