56Grant of interment right

56 Grant of interment right

56 Grant of interment right

(1) A cemetery operator may grant an interment right in respect of an interment site in a cemetery.

(2) An application for an interment right must be in the form approved by the Cemeteries Agency and be accompanied by the appropriate fee.

(3) An interment right may be granted to one person or to 2 or more persons as joint holders.

(4) A cemetery operator for a cemetery must not, without the approval of the Cemeteries Agency, grant or transfer an interment right for the cemetery to a person if the grant or transfer of the interment right will result in the person holding, whether jointly or not, interment rights for more than—

(a) 10 interment sites in the cemetery, or

(b) 2 interment sites in the cemetery for which no interments have occurred.

s 56: Am 2015 No 58, Sch 1.2 [5]; 2025 No 32, Sch 1[33].