Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
70IWhen holders of interment rights are unavailable to give consent
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70I When holders of interment rights are unavailable to give consent
70I When holders of interment rights are unavailable to give consent
For this division, a holder of an interment right is taken to be unavailable to give consent if—
(a) the holder or joint holders are dead or unknown, or
(b) the holder or joint holders have not responded about the proposed memorial works after reasonable steps have been taken in a way consistent with the Reasonable Notification Guidelines—
(i) to notify or attempt to notify the holder or joint holders, and
(ii) if notified, to allow for the holder or joint holders to respond within a reasonable time specified in the notice.
s 70I: Ins 2025 No 32, Sch 1[43].