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4. Cemeteries


4.1 Burials and Purchase of Exclusive Rights of Burial


4.1.1

Burials plots sold by the Council shall be sold upon the terms and conditions as decided by the Council and the exclusive right of burial may be granted for such limited period as the Council decides.

 

4.1.2

When reserving a plot in advance the exclusive right of burial shall be granted to the purchaser of a plot once the Council has received payment of the prescribed fees for the exclusive right of burial. Where Council requirements for the granting of the exclusive right of burial have been met it shall issue a Plot Reservation Certificate to the applicant.

 

4.1.3

Burials shall take place in such plots as the Council shall determine and no monument shall be erected on the plot unless the exclusive right of burial has been granted and all the prescribed fees relating to the burial have been paid in full.

 

4.1.4

No person other than the Cemetery Manager or his assistants or any other person duly authorised by the Council shall dig any grave in, or open the ground for burial in, any part of the cemetery.  The minimum depth of cover shall be 1 metre.

 

4.1.5

Upon application and payment of the prescribed fees, the receptacle or urn containing the ashes of any deceased person may be buried in the appropriate portion of the cemetery set aside for that purpose or in any plot subject to an exclusive right of burial having been first had and or purchased.  The minimum depth of cover for any ashes container shall not be less than 400mm.

 

4.1.6

The scattering of ashes shall only be allowed in designated areas as determined by the Council.

 

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