You are in group 5 if:
- you had 0 interments in the financial year 2021-22.
If this is the case, you have two options:
- You can apply for a Cemetery Operator Licence, if you intend to continue interring in your cemeteries (burying, or interring ashes).
- You can apply for a Cemetery Operator (Caretaker) Licence - Category 4, if you do not intend to keep operating any cemeteries (other than for a limited number of interments that are pre-sold or pre-allocated).
Information and resources
The full Licence Conditions for Operators of Cemeteries and Crematoria (PDF, 470 KB) - June 2024 are available. Summaries are available in the fact sheets below.
1 July 2024 - 30 September 2024
As soon as your licence is issued (Cemetery Operator Licence)
Licence Conditions A – Consumer contracts
- Guide to Licence conditions A: Consumer contracts (PDF, 388 KB)
- Fact sheet - Licence conditions A – Consumer contracts (PDF, 120 KB)
- Model contract for sale of perpetual interment right (DOCX, 495 KB)
- Model contract for sale of a renewable interment right (DOCX, 501 KB)
- Model contract for cremation (DOCX, 458 KB)
Licence Conditions B – Cemetery maintenance
- Guide to Licence conditions B: Maintenance (Operational) (PDF, 1022 KB)
- Fact sheet - Licence conditions B – Cemetery maintenance (PDF, 143 KB)
- Initial maintenance self-assessment checklist for operators (DOCX, 543 KB)
Licence Conditions D – Customer service
- Guide to Customer Service Conditions (PDF, 416 KB)
- Fact Sheet – Licence Conditions D – Customer service (PDF, 91 KB)
- Model Customer Service Charter (Word, 55 KB)
- Complaints Register template (XLSX, 36 KB)
Licence Conditions E – Religious, cultural and spiritual principles
- Guide to E1: Religious and Cultural Principles (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- Guide to E2: Aboriginal Cultural and Spiritual Principles (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- Fact sheet - Licence conditions E - Religious, Cultural and Spiritual Principles (PDF, 228 KB)
- Guidelines for Aboriginal cultural and spiritual requirements for burial and cremation (PDF, 2.9 MB)
Licence Conditions F – Reporting
- Operators are required to provide updated information to CCNSW in certain circumstances – see page 23 of the licence conditions (PDF, 470 KB) for more details.
As soon as your licence is issued (Cemetery Operator (Caretaker) Licence - Category 4
Licence Conditions B – Cemetery maintenance
- Guide to Licence conditions B: Maintenance (Operational) (PDF, 1022 KB)
- Fact sheet - Licence conditions B – Cemetery maintenance (PDF, 143 KB)
- Initial maintenance self-assessment checklist for operators (DOCX, 543 KB)
Licence Conditions F – Reporting
- Operators are required to provide updated information to CCNSW in certain circumstances – see page 23 of the licence conditions (PDF, 470 KB) for more details.
Licence Conditions G – Prohibition of interment services
- See page 23 of the licence conditions (PDF, 470 KB) for more details.