Family members will be obligated to maintain headstones and monuments instead of a cemetery manager who is responsible for site infrastructure maintenance.

The original proposition of a five-year audit for cemetery managers has been removed.

The regulator can request an audit at their discretion.

The bill will allow for a staged process to close a cemetery.

The regulator can approve a cemetery closure by application 50 years or after the last internment.

If there is no application for an earlier timeframe, a cemetery manager cannot do anything else with the land, like headstone removal or exhumation, until 100 years after the last internment.

Attorney-General Elise Archer said the changes came after consultation with community members and cemetery managers.

She said the review of the act was ongoing and further changes were expected to be introduced next year.

The bill will be debated in the House of Assembly this week.