Funeral directors: professional indemnity requirements in Western Australia

Verified for Western Australia

• Licence liability condition: No insurance condition was located in the published licensing requirements. The stated criteria concern reputation, fitness and premises. WA · effective 2026-08-24 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24
• Licence evidence required: None found for insurance. WA · effective 2026-08-24 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24
• Licensing body: Western Australia is the outlier: funeral directors ARE licensed there, under the Cemeteries Act 1986 (WA), through the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board or local boards. Applicants must have a good reputation and be considered fit to hold a funeral director's licence, and must have suitable facilities and equipment for handling and storing dead bodies and conducting funerals. Every other jurisdiction checked leaves the occupation unlicensed. WA · effective 2026-08-24 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

• What the limit figure on a certificate means
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• When a certificate falls short of the contract

What this cover costs

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Sources

• Building Commission NSW — Building Commission NSW — building and trade licences
• Victoria Government — Victoria — consolidated legislation
• Queensland Government — Queensland — consolidated legislation
• Western Australia Government — Western Australia — consolidated legislation
• South Australia Government — South Australia — consolidated legislation
• Tasmania Government — Tasmania — consolidated legislation
• Australian Capital Territory Government — Australian Capital Territory — consolidated legislation
• Northern Territory Government — Northern Territory — consolidated legislation