Vic advice on funeral costs
The Victorian Office of Fair Trading has produced a new brochure on Funerals in response to recent changes to legislation.
From 1 February 2009 funeral directors are required to provide an itemised quote on a basic funeral option if they offer one.
If no basic funeral is offered funeral directors must still provide a written itemised quote and after any funeral service is completed they must provide an itemised invoice or statement.
The new brochure highlights changes to the law and is useful for anyone organising a funeral.
More than 75,000 copies of the brochure are being distributed to social work departments of all public and private hospitals, Coroner’s courts, community health centres, aged care facilities, Aged Care Assessment Teams, as well as many other outlets.
View the Funerals brochure at
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/About_us/Publications/FT373_Funerals.pdf
