Burial and Cremation Act 2013

A relevant authority must, on application by the holder of an interment right and payment of the renewal fee fixed by the relevant authority, renew the interment right for a period of not less than

Subject to the regulations, a relevant authority must, at least 12 months before an interment right issued by the relevant authority is due to expire, take reasonable steps to give the holder of the interment right a written notice in a form approved by the Minister—

setting out the holder's entitlement to renew the interment right; and

informing the holder that if the interment right is not renewed and there is a memorial to the deceased in the cemetery or natural burial ground, the memorial may be reclaimed from the relevant authority; and

informing the holder of prescribed matters.

If—

a person other than the person to whom the interment right was originally issued applies for the renewal of the interment right;

the applicant has not previously renewed that interment right, the relevant authority must give the applicant a written statement in plain English that—

includes the matters required by section 30(1) to be included in the interment right; and

sets out the rights and responsibilities of the relevant authority and relatives of a deceased person whose remains may be interred pursuant to the interment right in relation to any memorial (including any unclaimed memorial) to the deceased person; and

specifies the cost of renewing the interment right and any options for periodic payment.