You will need this licence if you intend to perform interment services, including burials, cremations, ash interments and caretaker services.
All NSW cemetery and crematorium operators must apply for a licence, including stand-alone crematoria (referred to as cremation only operators). In recognition of the diversity of the services provided throughout the industry, there are 4 categories of licence with different conditions applying depending on the category of licence:
- category 1 - over 100 burials or ash internments, on average, in the last 3 years
- category 2 - 50 to 99 ash internments, on average, in the last 3 years (cremation only operators)
- category 3 - less than 50 burials or ash internments, on average, in the last 3 years
- category 4 - inactive.
