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Entitlements of right of interment for interring human remains

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77 Entitlements of right of interment for interring human remains

(1)

A holder of a right of interment for interring human remains in a particular place of interment—

(a)

may inter human remains at that place of interment; and

(b)

may establish or alter a memorial at that place of interment; and

(c)

if the human remains are cremated human remains in a receptacle, may remove those remains from the place of interment; and

(d)

if the human remains are body parts, may remove those body parts from the place of interment.

(2)

A holder of a right of interment for interring human remains in a public grave—

(a)

may inter human remains in a public grave in the cemetery; and

(b)

may place or alter a memorial on the public grave.

(3)

The holder of a right of interment must obtain the approval of the cemetery trust before exercising any of the powers referred to in subsection (1) or (2).

(4)

On the application of a holder of a right of interment to exercise any of the powers referred to in subsection (1)(c) or (d), the cemetery trust may—

(a)

authorise the exercise of that power; and

(b)

impose such terms and conditions on the exercise of that power as the cemetery trust thinks fit.

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