NALC to respond to Law Commission consultation on burial and cremation

We will respond to the Law Commission's consultation on burial and cremation. The consultation paper is part of the Law Commission's 13th Programme of Law Reform and aims to make recommendations that will provide modern, certain, and consistent regulation across different funerary methods.

It will also seek to allow individuals to make decisions about what will happen to their bodies after they die, which the law will respect, and to provide a fair and modern framework for decision-making by the deceased person’s family where they have not made an advance choice.  

The consultation covers topics such as grave reuse, closed and disused burial grounds, commonwealth war graves, and cremation. 

To help inform the development of its submission to the Law Commission, we have launched a survey to gather views and insights from parish and town councils and county associations. The survey is open until 15 November 2024.