Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003
91When can a cemetery trust cancel a right of interment?
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91 When can a cemetery trust cancel a right of interment?
(1) A cemetery trust may cancel a right of interment in a public cemetery for which it is responsible if—
(a) the right of interment has never been exercised; and
(b) the holder of the right of interment cannot be found after diligent inquiries.
(2) A cemetery trust must not cancel a right of interment referred to in subsection (1) until the end of at least 25 years after the original grant of the right of interment.
(3) At least 14 days before cancelling a right of interment, a cemetery trust must publish notice of its intention to do so in a daily or weekly newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the public cemetery to which the right of interment applies is located.