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How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
How to manage burials grounds, including the laws you need to follow, maintenance standards and staff training.
Annual National Statistics on deaths reported to coroners.
How to manage the safety of unstable memorial stones in cemeteries and burial grounds.
The BACG provides advice on burials and burial grounds.
How to manage burial grounds and cemeteries, including laws you need to follow, health and safety rules, and access rights
How to avoid causing groundwater pollution when developing cemeteries for burying human remains.
The literature highlights that proper burials in South Sudan are seen as critical both for the deceased and for the living
Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in the Philippines
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
A survey of burial grounds in England and Wales undertaken in 2006.
The process when a British national dies in the UAE, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Information and advice if a family member or friend has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or died in suspicious circumstances in Greece.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
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