Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01048:reg:81
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01048
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 81
Character Range: 106848–108143

81  War graves
  Despite any law of a State or Territory, the Director of War Graves, or an officer of the Defence Force in charge of a unit specifically raised for the purpose of the registration of, or inquiries concerning, the graves of deceased members of the Defence Force:
 (a) may establish or cause to be established such cemeteries as are required for the burial of bodies of persons who have died while on service as members of the Defence Force or as a result of service as members of the Defence Force; and
 (b) may authorise and direct the exhumation and the reinterment, cremation or other disposal of the body of:
 (i) a member of the Defence Force who has died while on service; or
 (ii) a person who, immediately before his or her death, was a dependant of a member of the Defence Force on service, and whose grave is located in the Terendak Military Cemetery in Malaysia; and
 (c) may enter a cemetery and inspect, maintain or execute any work in connection with the grave of a person who has died while on service as a member of the Defence Force or as a result of service as a member of the Defence Force or authorise any other person to enter a cemetery and inspect, maintain or execute any work in connection with such a grave.

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