NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 23 Power of district council to establish crematoria.

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NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 23

Power of district council to establish crematoria.

23.(1) A [district council] may ... establish and operate a crematorium.

(2) No cremation shall be carried out in any crematorium established under
this section unless the site and plans have been approved by the Ministry nor
until the crematorium has been certified to the Ministry by the [district
council] to be complete, and to be in accordance with such plans and to be
properly equipped for the purposes of cremations.

(3) The Ministry may make regulations with respect to crematoria established
under this section as to

(a)their maintenance and inspection;

(b)the cases in and the conditions under which cremations may take place;

(c)the disposition or interment of the ashes resulting from cremations;

(d)the forms of the notices, certificates and declarations or applications to
be given or made before any cremation is permitted to take place;

(e)the registration of cremations;

(f)the notification of cremations to the Registrar General or to registrars of
births and deaths;

(g)the fees that may be charged in respect of

(i)a burial service held in any premises provided by a [district council]
under this section before, at or after cremation;

(ii)the issue of any medical certificate required under the regulations;

<(iii)the making of searches in any register of cremations kept under this subsection, or the certification of an extract therefrom.


(4) A certified copy of an entry in any register of cremations kept under
subsection (3) purporting to be signed by an officer of the [district council]
authorised by the [district council] for that purpose or under the seal of the
[district council] shall in any legal proceedings be evidence of the cremation
to which it relates.

(5) A [district council] may, with the approval of the Ministry, fix the
charges or fees for cremations in any crematorium provided by them, and such
charges or fees, and any other expenses properly incurred in or in connection
with the cremation of a deceased person, shall be deemed to be part of the
funeral expenses of that deceased person.

(6) Nothing in this section shall authorise a [district council] to create or
permit a nuisance.

(7) In this and the next-following section, "crematorium" means a building
fitted with appliances for the purpose of burning human remains, and includes
everything incidental or ancillary thereto.

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NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 23