Cemeteries and Crematoria Regulations 2025
48Written approval of cemetery trust for certain activities
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48 Written approval of cemetery trust for certain activities
(1) A cemetery trust may approve the carrying out of an activity referred to in regulation 57 or 58(2) by a person or class of persons in a public cemetery for which the trust is responsible if the cemetery trust is satisfied it is not inconsistent with—
(a) the care, protection or management of the public cemetery; or
(b) the protection of public health in the cemetery; or
(c) the maintenance of public order in the cemetery.
(2) An approval under subregulation (1)—
(a) must be in writing; and
(b) may be subject to any terms and conditions that the cemetery trust considers reasonable to impose in the circumstances; and
(c) for an approval for a class of persons, must be made available on request by any person and either—
(i) published on the website of the cemetery trust; or
(ii) prominently displayed within the cemetery.