5.5 Interment/Strewing of Cremated Remains
The interment or strewing of cremated remains within the cemeteries and/or Crematorium grounds may be carried out on any weekday of the week, provided appointment times are available, excluding Public and Bank Holidays. It MUST be done with the City Councils permission and knowledge.
If strewing is to be carried out with family present, then an appointment must be made with the administration office. It is not permitted for an internment/strewing to be carried out without being witnessed by an authorised member of the bereavement services.
Where a cremation took place at another Crematorium, the cremated remains, certificate and appropriate payment must be received by the administration office prior to the commencement of strewing.
All metals and other residue recovered from cremations shall be recycled and the proceeds given to a bereavement related charity or metals returned to the applicant after cremation if requested.
The strewing or burial of cremated remains is not permitted in any part of the cemetery other than with a grave or memorial item purchased for that purpose in accordance with the Council’s procedures and current Health and Safety at Work Regulations. The Local Authorities Cemetery Order 1977, Schedule 2, Article 10 - ’Exercise of rights’ specifies that it is not permissible for a burial to take place, nor for cremated remains to be scattered, no tombstone or other memorial to be placed and no additional inscription to be made on a tombstone or other memorial, without the permission of the officer appointed for that purpose by the burial authority.
No cadaver or cremated remains may be disturbed or removed without a licence authorising exhumation having produced to the council. For this a fee may be charged.