Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2014 (NSW)

New South Wales

Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees)

Regulation 2014

under the

Funeral Funds Act 1979

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Funeral Funds Act 1979.

STUART AYRES, MP

Minister for Fair Trading

Explanatory note
Funeral Funds Act 1979

The object of this Regulation is to increase certain fees payable under the in respect regulation-making power).

of funeral contribution funds and pre-paid funeral funds.
The fee increases are generally in line with movements in the Consumer Price Index (rounded to the nearest
dollar).
Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2014

under the

Funeral Funds Act 1979

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Funeral Funds Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2014.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2014 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Funeral Funds Regulation 2011

Schedule 5

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 5 Fees

(Clause 20)

Item	Type of fee	Fee
1	Application to carry on a contributory funeral benefit business	$499
(section 12 (2) of the Act)
2	Application for approval of alteration of, or addition to, the rules of a	$165
funeral contribution fund (section 15 (2) of the Act)
3	Lodging a return and any accompanying documents in respect of a funeral	$66
contribution fund (section 24 (1) of the Act) or a return in respect of a pre-paid funeral fund (section 49G (1) of the Act)
4	Application for confirmation of a scheme for transfer or amalgamation of	$66
a contributory funeral benefit business of any funeral contribution fund (section 32 (2) of the Act)
5	Application for registration as a trustee of a trust fund under a pre-paid	$499
contract (section 35 (2) of the Act)
6	Confirmation of appointment of a substitute or an additional trustee of a	$66
trust fund under a pre-paid contract (section 38 of the Act)
7	Application for confirmation of a scheme of transfer of a trust fund under	$66
a pre-paid contract (section 42 (3) of the Act)
8	Lodging a copy of an auditor’s report on the records of a pre-paid funeral	$66
fund (section 49C (2) of the Act)
9	Inspection of any return or document lodged with the Director-General	$20
under section 49G or 24 of the Act (section 49I (a) or 88 (a) of the Act, respectively)
10	Provision of a copy of a return or document, or part of a return or	$2
document, certified by the Director-General to be a true copy (section 49I (b) or 88 (b) of the Act)—per page
11	Application for an enlargement or abridgement of time for the doing of any	$66
act required by or under the Act to be done by a funeral fund (section 86 (1) of the Act)