The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

37.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the burial of a dead domestic pet in the garden of domestic property where the pet lived.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if –

(a)the dead domestic pet may prove hazardous to anyone who may come into contact with it; or

(b)the burial is carried out by an establishment or undertaking.