Third Session, Thirty-Ninth Legislature
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Bill 235
THE PET CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIUMS ACT
Section |
Table of Contents |
| 1(1) | Definitions |
| (2) | Reference to "Act" includes regulations |
| PET DISPOSAL FORMS | |
| 2(1) | Pet disposal documents must be given |
| (2) | Contents of pet disposal information document |
| 3(1) | Completion of pet disposal form |
| (2) | Form does not authorize killing of pet |
| (3) | Veterinarian, etc., may complete pet disposal form |
| (4) | Pet owner unwilling or unable to complete form |
| 4 | Pet disposal documents not required |
| DISPOSAL IN COMPLIANCE WITH PET DISPOSAL FORM | |
| 5 | Disposal of pet remains |
| 6 | Disposal by individual burial or cremation |
| 7 | Disposal by communal burial or cremation |
| 8 | Depth of burial |
| OTHER DUTIES OF PET CEMETERIES AND PET CREMATORIUMS | |
| 9 | Records for individual burials |
| 10(1) | Financial responsibility |
| (2) | Regulations may specify form and amount |
| 11 | Hours of operation |
| MAINTENANCE FEES AND CONTRACTS FOR CARE OF THE CEMETERY | |
| 12 | Maintenance endowment fees |
| 13 | Law applicable |
| 14(1) | Contract for maintenance of the pet cemetery |
| (2) | Prepaying annual maintenance fees |
| 15 | Records |
| SITING OF PET CEMETERIES | |
| 16(1) | Minimum area of property |
| (2) | Minister may waive minimum area |
| (3) | Municipal law |
| SITING OF PET CREMATORIUMS | |
| 17(1) | Pet crematoriums authorized |
| (2) | Buffer from residences required |
| NOTICE IN LAND TITLES OFFICE | |
| 18 | Notice of establishment of a pet cemetery |
| OFFENCES | |
| 19(1) | Offence |
| (2) | Prosecution within two years |
| (3) | Directors and officers of corporations |
| REGULATIONS | |
| 20(1) | Regulations |
| (2) | Adopting codes and standards |
| (3) | Regulation may apply to part of province, classes of persons, cemeteries or crematoriums |
| C.C.S.M. REFERENCE AND COMING INTO FORCE | |
| 21 | C.C.S.M. reference |
| 22 | Coming into force |