Any person wishing to apply for a certificate of competence in respect of a new funeral undertaker’s premises, shall not less than 21 days before submitting his application to the Local Authority concerned, cause a notice to be published in one of the official languages in a newspaper that appears mainly in that language, and in a second official language in a newspaper that appears mainly in the latter language, where each of the said newspapers circulates in the area in which such premises are situated, or shall, where separate newspapers in each of the official languages do not so circulate, cause such notice to be published in two official languages in a newspaper that so circulates.
An application for the issue or transfer of a certificate of competence shall be made in writing by the applicant or his authorised representative to the Local Authority in whose area of jurisdiction the funeral undertaker’s premises is or will be on such a form as the local authority may require.
An application for the issue of a certificate of competence shall be accompanied by-- A description of the premises and the location thereof
- A complete ground plan of the proposed construction or of the existing buildings on a scale of 1:100
- A block plan of the premises on which north is shown indicating which adjacent premises are already occupied by the applicant or other persons and for what purpose such premises are being utilised or are to be utilised
- Particulars of any person other than the holder or any of his employees who prepares or will prepare corpses on the premises.
A local authority, when considering issuing or transferring a certificate of competence, may request from the applicant or any other person such further information as it may deem necessary to enable it to consider the application concerned.
No local authority shall consider any application for the issue or transfer of a certificate of competence unless a complete inspection of the premises concerned has been carried out by a medical officer of health or a Environmental health practitioner and his report on such inspection, including his recommendation on such issue or transfer, is in the possession of such authority.