I, Annette King, Minister of Health, make the following directions under the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 ("the Act"):
1. Under section 41 (1) of the Act, the denominational burial ground known as the Claremont Burial Ground, Timaru, being the land described in the Schedule to this notice ("the ground"), shall be closed, and burials there shall be discontinued from and including 2 March 2001.
2. This closing order shall be subject to the following exception and qualification:
Under the proviso to section 44 (4) of the Act, the land identified in the Schedule may be sold and diverted to any other purpose provided the site is cleared of any remains, tablets and monuments.
Schedule
All that parcel of land containing 1,719 square metres, more or less, being Lot 4, Deposited Plan 78853, contained in certificate of title 45B/389 (Canterbury Land Registry).
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of August 2000.
ANNETTE KING, Minister of Health.