Application for right of interment

1. This form may be used for rights of interment for bodily remains and cremated remains
2. A cemetery trust may cancel a right of interment if the right has not been exercised within 25 years of its grant.
3. A right of interment is considered to have been exercised if human remains are interred at the place of interment to which the right relates, or if the holder of the right interment creates a memorial at the place of interment.
4. Please advise the cemetery trust of any changes to contact details for the holder(s) of the right of interment as the cemetery trust will use the details to make contact in future about the right of interment.

Any personal information you provide in your application will be treated in accordance with the principles set out in the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. You may request access to the information we hold about you and you may request its correction if necessary.

The information you provide is required to enable us to process your application and inform you of matters concerning it. We also need the information to perform our functions, comply with our obligations and exercise our rights under the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003. Except for the information you are required to submit under the legislation, you are not obliged to provide any personal information. However, should you choose not to provide this information, we may not be able to process your application or provide the services for which the information is required.

Under the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003, we are also required to keep records containing certain information regarding interments, creations and rights of interment. Members of the public are entitled to access those records.