Cemetery Policy

This policy regulates the ways that the private cemetery will be used and managed at Crystal Waters.

1. A person is eligible to be interred at Crystal Waters (CW) private cemetery if, at the time of death, he or she:

1. is an Owner/Co-op Leaseholder or
2. is the married or de facto spouse of an Owner/Co-op Leaseholder or
3. is a child of a person mentioned above or
4. had lived at CW for a combined period of 5 years or more during their life.

2. Where a written request has been made to the CWBC by a person (or by that person’s immediate family or friends) for interment in the CW Cemetery and the person has not lived at CW for a combined period of 5 years or more, then the BC Committee is empowered to approve the interment. The approval can be made by way of a motion at any ordinary meeting of the CWBC Committee or in the event of a sudden death, at a special meeting of the CWBC Committee.

3. Where a person is eligible under Section 1(c) but the person’s parents or guardian(s) are now both deceased, then the person is not eligible for interment, unless at the point of death:

1. the person has a sibling, spouse or child who currently lives on Crystal Waters or
2. the child is 18 years or younger or
3. the person had lived at Crystal Waters for some time within the last 10 years and a written request to the CWBC Committee for interment (made by the person’s immediate family or friends) has been approved by way of a motion at an ordinary or special meeting of the CWBC Committee.

4. The word “Interment” shall include the placement of an urn with a person’s ashes in a columbarium wall, if and when such a wall becomes available.

5. The Body Corporate may give permission for the family or friends of a deceased person to erect an appropriate plaque or headstone. Relevant costs will be borne by the family or friends.

6. The Body Corporate may from time to time set a fee for interment in the private cemetery.

7. The Cemetery Manager shall keep a record of the details of any person who writes to the Body Corporate (see Section 2) requesting interment at the CW Private Cemetery. Upon receiving any such request the Cemetery Manager is to make all necessary enquiries that will assist the CWBC Committee in its deliberations as to whether interment will be approved.”

8. Schedule of fees:

The CW Body Corporate Committee (in consultation with the Cemetery Manager) has the power to reduce a cemetery fee in certain cases on compassionate grounds or negotiate a time payment agreement where the family or individual has financial difficulties due to their circumstances at the time of the death. The family, partner or friends of the deceased must put a case to the CWBCC in writing for consideration within two weeks of the time of the death of the family member.