- Burial: (interment) in a casket (coffin), usually in a cemetery.
- Cremation: burning the body in a cremator. The ashes can be kept in an urn, buried or scattered.
Burial and cremation legislation has been substantially amended since 2006, including:
- Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act 1995
- Burial & Cremation Act 1964
- Cremation Regulations 1973 (and Amendment Regulations 2008)
- Coroners Act 2006
- Burial & Cremation Amendments