Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
51Interment right to pass to surviving joint holder
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51 Interment right to pass to surviving joint holder
51 Interment right to pass to surviving joint holder
(1) On the death of a joint holder of an interment right, the remaining joint holder is, or joint holders are, entitled to the interment right.
(2) The last surviving joint holder is the only holder of the interment right who may bequeath the interment right in accordance with section 49(1).
(3) The interment right is not subject to section 50(1) unless the last surviving joint holder of the interment right dies and has not bequeathed the interment right.
s 51: Am 2025 No 32, Sch 1[20].