The Central Otago District Council has adopted its new cemeteries bylaw, with a few tweaks. A council meeting this week approved the Cemeteries Bylaw 2020, and Cemeteries Handbook 2020 to address and regulate the management of cemeteries in the Central Otago district. The bylaw replaces the expired Cemeteries and Crematoria Bylaw 2008. The bylaw presented yesterday had been amended to clarify that it does not apply to trust-managed cemeteries. The proposed bylaw does apply to cemeteries and burial grounds not owned by the council but controlled and managed by council.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 19, 2020 15:31 UTC