"cecilia" wrote in message news:nmlm5bp4i7dvc1q40lv1lph4dts52q5u7b@4ax.com... > > >If I recollect correctly, the piece of paper is for passing on to >those in charge of a cemetery or churchyard if the ashes are to be >disposed of in such a place. I don't remember any instructions if the >ashes are being disposed of elsewhere than a cemetery or churchyard, >e.g. in one's own garden. If I recall correctly it mentions requiring land owners permission before scattering or burial outside a cemetery or churchyard. Gordon

On 30/11/15 10:16, Gordon wrote: > If I recall correctly it mentions requiring land owners permission before > scattering or burial outside a cemetery or churchyard. Well, yes. Obviously. Technically you need the land owner's permission to do almost anything. But ashes are no different to anything else, and they're certainly not "human remains" if you're scattering them as a private individual. The only relevant offences I can see that might have been committed is the offence of leaving litter under section 87 of the Environment Protection Act (1990), and that would be dependent on a court finding that the ashes constituted litter in those particular circumstances. If you scattered them on Centre Court at Wimbledon, a court may well find you guilty; if you scattered them on a secluded mountainside, there's almost no chance. In this, it's no different from throwing away an apple core. Richard