The NSW Government has legislation to manage burial and cremation (interment) in NSW.
Interment rights
The legislation includes interment rights.
An interment right is a contract with a cemetery operator allowing interment at a particular location. When you ‘buy’ a site, you do not purchase a piece of land. Instead, you purchase the right to have remains interred in a particular location. An interment right is not required for scattering cremated remains in a cemetery.
Interment rights apply to burials of human remains (including cremated remains) in the earth, mausoleums, crypts, vaults and niche walls.
For more information read our fact sheet on interment rights (PDF, 206 KB).
Our General Consumer Guide (PDF, 604 KB) covers interment rights, burial and cremation options and general pricing information.
Quick guides are available below in 7 languages.
English
| Document name |
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| Interment rights in NSW (PDF, 41.21 KB) |
| Perpetual interment rights (PDF, 37.96 KB) |
| Renewable interment rights (PDF, 43.87 KB) |
| Cremation (PDF, 38.08 KB) |
| Transfer or bequest of an interment right (PDF, 38.2 KB) |
| Natural burial (PDF, 36.41 KB) |
| Burial without a conventional coffin - English (PDF, 56.93 KB) |
| What is the difference between a funeral director and a cemetery operator - English (PDF, 84.45 KB) |
Arabic – عربي
| Document name |
|---|
| دليل سريع (PDF, 223.25 KB) |
| دليل سريع (PDF, 191.67 KB) |
| حقوق الدفن المتجدّدة (PDF, 227.17 KB) |
| الحرق (PDF, 210.2 KB) |
| تحويل حق الدفن أو توريثه (PDF, 189.97 KB) |
| الدفن الطبيعي (PDF, 187.52 KB) |
| الدفن بدون نعش تقليدي (PDF, 227.97 KB) |
| م ا هو الفر ق بين مدير الجنازات ومشغ ل المقبرة (PDF, 335.64 KB) |
Chinese simplified – 简体中文
| Document name |
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| 新南威尔士州的安葬权 (PDF, 261.3 KB) |
| 永久性安葬权 (PDF, 233.46 KB) |
| 可续期安葬权 (PDF, 295.98 KB) |
| 火葬 (PDF, 256.14 KB) |
| 转让或遗赠安葬权 (PDF, 244.95 KB) |
| 自然安葬 (PDF, 229.04 KB) |
| 非传统棺柩安葬 (PDF, 216.82 KB) |
| 殡葬商与墓地经营商有何区别？ (PDF, 341.48 KB) |
Chinese traditional – 繁體中文
| Document name |
|---|
| 新南威爾士州的安葬權 (PDF, 271.96 KB) |
| 永久性安葬權 (PDF, 264.18 KB) |
| 可續期安葬權 (PDF, 302.61 KB) |
| 火葬 (PDF, 267.35 KB) |
| 轉讓或遺贈安葬權 (PDF, 253.55 KB) |
| 自然葬 (PDF, 250.42 KB) |
| 非傳統棺柩安葬 (PDF, 224.12 KB) |
| 殮葬商與墓地經營商有何區別？ (PDF, 352.64 KB) |
Greek – Ελληνικά
| Document name |
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| Δικαιώματα ενταφιασμού στη Νέα Νότια Ουαλία (PDF, 135.7 KB) |
| Δικαιώματα διαρκούς ταφής (PDF, 192.79 KB) |
| Ανανεώσιμα Δικαιώματα ταφής (PDF, 219.67 KB) |
| Αποτέφρωση (PDF, 129.49 KB) |
| Μεταβίβαση ή κληρονομία δικαιώματος ταφής (PDF, 158.56 KB) |
| Φυσική ταφή (PDF, 124.79 KB) |
| Ταφή χωρίς συμβατικό φέρετρο (PDF, 251.45 KB) |
| Ποια είναι η διαφορά δραστηριοτήτων μεταξύ γραφείου κηδειών και νεκροταφείου; (PDF, 291.55 KB) |
Italian – Italiano
| Document name |
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| Diritti di inumazione in New South Wales (PDF, 52.86 KB) |
| Diritti di inumazione perpetui (PDF, 46 KB) |
| Diritti di inumazione rinnovabili (PDF, 47.48 KB) |
| Cremazione (PDF, 42.21 KB) |
| Trasferimento o lascito di un diritto di inumazione (PDF, 42.26 KB) |
| Sepoltura naturale (PDF, 34.05 KB) |
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Korean - 한국어
| Document name |
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| 전래의 관을 사용하지 않는 매장 (PDF, 322.41 KB) |
| 장례 지도사와 묘지 운영업자의 차이점은 무엇인가? (PDF, 413.96 KB) |
Vietnamese – Tiếng Việt
| Document name |
|---|
| Quyền được mai táng ở New South Wales (PDF, 215.45 KB) |
| Quyền mai táng vĩnh viễn (PDF, 199.81 KB) |
| Quyền mai táng có thể triển hạn (PDF, 216.17 KB) |
| Việc hỏa táng (PDF, 192.84 KB) |
| Chuyển giao hay cho thừa kế quyền mai táng (PDF, 196.48 KB) |
| Mai táng theo thiên nhiên (PDF, 191.77 KB) |
| Mai táng không có quan tài như truyền thống (PDF, 185.21 KB) |
| Sự khác biệt giữa một giám đốc cơ sở mai táng và người điều hành nghĩa trang (PDF, 278.05 KB) |
More information
Information about how to make a complaint or enquiry is available in 6 languages, go to Complaints and enquiries.