SECTION 16 CEMETERIES & CREMATORIA – (All of items are also found in other sections) NOTES. FUNCTION DESCRIPTION LGA INDICATE IF RETENTION PERIOD PRIME OR 16.1 FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS MANAGEMENT All records relating to the maintenance of burial grounds Service 6 Years from Date including faculties giving ID 16.1.1 work carried out permission for work to be carried 1538 out All records relating to the Service 6 Years from Year 16.1.2 management of and regulations ID records created relating to crematoria 1538 All records relating to the Service 6 Years from Year 16.1.3 management of the burials and ID records created cremations process 1538 Applications for cremation and any Service 15 Years from Date of 16.1.4 certificates or other documents ID cremation relating to a cremation 1538 50 Years from Closure Service Registers, indexes, plans relating to 16.1.5 of the ID cemeteries and crematoria cemetery/crematorium 1538 All records relating to the provision 3 Years from Year Service 16.1.6 of civil funerals records created ID 875 Records relating to all arrangements made for funerals 6 Years from Year Service 16.1.7 including booking, orders of service records created ID 875 and music All records relating to the management of exhumations 15 Years from Date of Service 16.1.8 including faculty, home office exhumation ID 332 licence and the authority to a grave
SECTION 16 – CEMETERIES & CREMATORIA (All of items are also found in other sections) FUNCTION DESCRIPTION RETENTION PERIOD LGA NOTES. INDICATE IF PRIME OR MANAGEMENT 16.1 FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS 16.1.1 All records relating to the maintenance of burial grounds including faculties giving permission for work to be carried out 6 Years from Date work carried out Service ID 1538 16.1.2 All records relating to the management of and regulations relating to crematoria 6 Years from Year records created Service ID 1538 16.1.3 All records relating to the management of the burials and cremations process 6 Years from Year records created Service ID 1538 16.1.4 Applications for cremation and any certificates or other documents relating to a cremation 15 Years from Date of cremation Service ID 1538 16.1.5 Registers, indexes, plans relating to cemeteries and crematoria 50 Years from Closure of the cemetery/crematorium Service ID 1538 16.1.6 All records relating to the provision of civil funerals 3 Years from Year records created Service ID 875 16.1.7 Records relating to all arrangements made for funerals including booking, orders of service and music 6 Years from Year records created Service ID 875 16.1.8 All records relating to the management of exhumations including faculty, home office licence and the authority to a grave 15 Years from Date of exhumation Service ID 332
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