Cemeteries Bylaw 2022
Consultation has concluded
Our Cemeteries Bylaw 2022 is open for consultation until 5:00 pm, Monday 11 April.
This is a revised and updated version of the 2008 Cemeteries Bylaw, which had been due for review in 2013. However, the review was not carried out and the bylaw expired on 1 July 2015, as set out in section 160 of the Local Government Act 2002.
The intention of the Cemeteries Bylaw is to:
(a) Set standards to maintain and preserve cemeteries.
(b) Direct the positions and depths of all graves within a cemetery.
(c) Protect buildings, monuments, lawns, shrubs, plantations, and enclosures in a cemetery from destruction or damage.
(d) Prescribe conditions subject to which more than one deceased person, including the ashes of more than one deceased person, may be interred in any grave.
(e) Control or restrict the times at which or between which burials may be carried out.
(f) Regulate burial in a cemetery of the ashes of the dead.
(g) Subject to section 51 of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964, regulate and restrict the disinterment and removal of bodies.
(h) Regulate the use of, and any activities undertaken at cemeteries, in order to protect land, structures and infrastructure associated with cemeteries from damage, misuse, or loss.
(i) Prescribe fees payable in respect of goods or services provided by Council in relation to cemeteries.
Please read all documents associated with this bylaw before making a submission. They are available to the right of this page. Hard copies of the proposed bylaw, statement of proposal, cemeteries operational handbook and submission form are also available at our main office, the Mataura service centre and Gore Library.
Have Your Say
Anyone can submit on this bylaw. Submissions are open until 5:00pm on Monday 11 April. Submissions can be made digitally or by downloading the form from this page.
Online: Go to our submission form below
Email: Send to info@goredc.govt.nz with the subject heading Cemeteries Bylaw 2022
Delivered: You can drop off your submission to our main office, 29 Bowler Avenue, Gore; the Mataura Library/Service Centre, McQueen Avenue, Mataura; or the Gore Library, Jacob Street, Gore.
Post: Gore District Council, P O Box 8, Gore 9740
What happens next?
We will acknowledge all submissions by email or letter.
Once submissions close, our staff will review them. Should a hearing be required, a date for this will be set and submitters wishing to speak at the hearing will be informed of the proposed date.
Our staff will then provide a report to be considered at a subsequent Council meeting.
