77Entitlements of right of interment for interring human remains

77 Entitlements of right of interment for interring human remains

(1) A holder of a right of interment for interring human remains in a particular place of interment—

(a) may inter human remains at that place of interment; and

(b) may establish or alter a memorial at that place of interment; and

(c) if the human remains are cremated human remains in a receptacle, may remove those remains from the place of interment; and

(d) if the human remains are body parts, may remove those body parts from the place of interment.

(2) A holder of a right of interment for interring human remains in a public grave—

(a) may inter human remains in a public grave in the cemetery; and

(b) may place or alter a memorial on the public grave.

(3) The holder of a right of interment must obtain the approval of the cemetery trust before exercising any of the powers referred to in subsection (1) or (2).

(4) On the application of a holder of a right of interment to exercise any of the powers referred to in subsection (1)(c) or (d), the cemetery trust may—

(a) authorise the exercise of that power; and

(b) impose such terms and conditions on the exercise of that power as the cemetery trust thinks fit.