For the latest Covid Restrictions in Victoria please see here.

For the latest guidelines for Religion and Ceremonies including funerals please see here.

Religion and ceremonies FAQs

Is catering permitted at the conclusion of a funeral service?

Yes, but restrictions apply depending on where the funeral is held.

If the funeral is held at a place of worship (e.g. a church, synagogue, mosque or temple), food can be served before or after the funeral service. However, no food, drink, crockery, utensils, vessels or other equipment can be shared.

For funerals held at a private residence, food and drink is allowed.

Funerals must comply with the current restrictions.

The restrictions say that 10 members of the public (mourners) can attend funerals, plus ‘the minimum number of people reasonably necessary to conduct the funeral’. Pall bearing is necessary to conduct the service. Does this mean that if mourners are pall bearers, those mourners are not counted as part of the 10?

No, funerals are limited to 10 members of the public (with any infants under the age of one not counting included in this limit). Mourners serving as pall bearers are included in the 10 person limit.


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Check in everywhere, every time

All businesses and workplaces are required to use the Victorian Government QR Code Service, unless an exemption applies. This is exemption does not apply to cemetery trusts.

Victorians must check-in everywhere, every time. Businesses must ensure that every customer and visitor has checked-in, no matter how long they are at the office, chapel etc; but not in the cemetery grounds. Supply QR Code at the entrance, if possible for visitors to use.

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