Agency:
Southern Regional Cemetery Trust
Agency Number:
Start Date:
10 Mar 1982
End Date:
01 Aug 2007
Description:
Under the Act the functions of the Trust were defined as follows:;;;;(a) to manage and ensure the efficient and effective operation of the business of the Trust in the southern area; ;;(b) to establish a cemetery or crematorium as may be required for the business of the Trust; ;;(c) to improve, embellish, enlarge or diminish any cemetery operated by the Trust; and ;;(d) to maintain in good order any cemetery or crematorium operated by the Trust. ;;;;The Act also defined that in conducting its business, the Trust may provide for the cremation or interment of persons who, immediately before their death, resided in the southern area and such other persons as the Trust may approve. ;;;;The Land Acquisition Act 1993 applied in relation to the purchase or taking of land by the Trust for the purposes of a cemetery or crematorium or for any incidental purpose.;;;;The Trust, with the consent of the Minister, was also granted the power to lease any portion of a cemetery under its control for the purpose of the erection and maintenance of a crematorium in accordance with the Burial and Cremation Act 2002.;;;;The Southern Regional Cemetery Act 1981 was repealed under the Government Business Enterprises (Sale) Amendment Act 2007 and in July 2008, Millingtons Funeral Directors took over the Trust's role. ;;;;The State's interests under the Burial and Cremation Act 2002 continue to be administered by the Department of Premier & Cabinet.;;
Legislation Administered:
Land Acquisition Act 1993, Burial and Cremation Act 2002;;
Legislation Creating:
Southern Regional Cemetery Act 1981
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Government Business Enterprises (Sale) Amendment Act 2007
Functions Performed:
Community services
Controlled Agencies:
Hobart Public Cemetery (TA1841) | 01 Jan 1865 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Previous Agencies:
Interim Southern Regional Cemetery Trust. (TA1435) | 01 Jul 1981 | 10 Mar 1982 |
Subsequent Agencies:
Millingtons Funeral Directors (NG2445) | 01 Jan 2008 |
Series Created By Agency:
AF93 Names of People Buried at Baptist Burial Ground, New Town | 01 Jan 1847 | 31 Dec 1918 |
AF164 Minutes of Meetings | 12 Mar 1866 | 28 Jun 2008 |
AF34 Indexes to Registers of Burials and Cremations Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 01 Oct 1872 | 30 Sep 1995 |
AF35 Registers of Burials and Cremations Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 05 Oct 1872 | 31 Dec 1994 |
AF70 Orders for Burials and Cremations Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 01 Jan 1873 | 31 Dec 2001 |
AF163 Subject Correspondence Files | 01 Jan 1873 | 01 Sep 2008 |
AF72 Registers to Certificates of Right of Burial Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 28 Feb 1873 | 26 Nov 1998 |
AF71 Certificates of Right of Burial Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 16 Apr 1873 | 06 Jul 1999 |
AF206 Order for Burial of Ashes, Cornelian Bay | 06 Jan 1928 | 14 Jul 1988 |
AF81 Maps, Charts and Plans of Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Kingston Cemetery | 01 Jun 1929 | 21 Mar 2001 |
AF177 Cremation Register Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 19 Oct 1936 | 11 Oct 1995 |
AF65 Card Indexes to Burial Orders and Cremations Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1995 |
AF73 Applications for Permission for Cremation with Statutory Declaration, Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 2001 |
AF210 Placement of Ashes, Kingston | 01 Jan 1957 | 24 Feb 1998 |
AF157 Registered General Correspondence | 31 Dec 1958 | 30 Apr 2006 |
AF162 Memorial Wall Plans | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1990 |
AF184 Placement of Ashes, Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 01 Jan 1982 | 18 Nov 2003 |
AF69 Card Index to Burials Kingston Cemetery | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1995 |
AF77 Burial Orders Kingston Cemetery | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 2001 |
AF155 Record of Graves | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1983 |
AF161 Headstone Inscriptions | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 2001 |
AF174 Register of Burials and Cremations Kingston Cemetery | 28 Feb 1983 | 30 Dec 1994 |
AF172 Annual Reports | 01 Jun 1983 | 30 Jun 2008 |
AF76 Orders for Cremations Cornelian Bay Cemetery | 01 Jan 1985 | 31 Dec 2001 |
AF91 Cornelian Bay Cemetery Photographs | 01 Jan 1990 | 30 Nov 2000 |
AF173 Half Yearly Reports | 01 Jan 1995 | 31 Dec 1998 |
AF205 Purchase of Site or Exclusive Right of Burial | 17 Sep 1996 | 25 Nov 1999 |
AF186 Papers for Board Meeting | 16 Jul 2004 | 16 Jun 2008 |