Rules of intestacy to apply to interment rights not bequeathed
50 Rules of intestacy to apply to interment rights not bequeathed
Subject to section 51, if the holder of an interment right dies and has not bequeathed the interment right, the interment right is to be dealt with as if it were personal property forming part of the estate of an intestate.
A person to whom an interment right devolves as a result of intestacy does not become the holder of the interment right until the relevant cemetery operator’s register is amended to indicate that fact.
On application made by a person to whom an interment right has devolved as a result of intestacy, the cemetery operator must amend the relevant cemetery operator’s register so as to indicate that the person has become the holder of the interment right.
An application under this section must be in the form prescribed by the regulations or approved by the Cemeteries Agency and accompanied by the appropriate fee.
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