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Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
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#### 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.
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> > (2) An application for an interment right must be in the form approved by the Cemeteries Agency and be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
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> > (3) An interment right may be granted to one person or to 2 or more persons as joint holders.
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> > (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—
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> > > (a) 10 interment sites in the cemetery, or
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> > > (b) 2 interment sites in the cemetery for which no interments have occurred.
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> **s 56:** Am 2015 No 58, Sch 1.2 \[5\]; 2025 No 32, Sch 1\[33\].