diff --git a/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js
index a4c5f19b..886dfe44 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ before('Reset database', () => {
 describe('Broadly test what different user rights see', () => {
   describe('Admin visibility', () => {
     beforeEach('Login as admin', () => {
-      cy.session('admin-session', () => {})
+      cy.session('admin-session', () => { })
       cy.login('testSu')
     })
     it('Sees new button in tableviews', () => {
@@ -14,28 +14,34 @@ describe('Broadly test what different user rights see', () => {
       cy.contains('Time Unit')
       cy.contains('Creating new locality')
     })
-    it('Region works', () => {
+    it('Regions view shows correctly', () => {
       cy.get('div[id="/admin-menu-button"]').click()
       cy.contains('Regions').click()
       cy.contains('region 4452477e')
       cy.get('[data-cy="detailview-button-1"]').first().click()
       cy.contains('Regional Coordinators')
       cy.contains('prs')
+      cy.get('[id="edit-button"]').should('exist')
+      cy.get('[id="delete-button"]').should('exist')
     })
-    it('Project works', () => {
+    it('Projects view shows correctly', () => {
       cy.get('div[id="/admin-menu-button"]').click()
       cy.get('a[id="/project-menu-link"]').click()
       cy.contains('Workgroup on Insectivores')
       cy.get('[data-cy="detailview-button-3"]').first().click()
       cy.contains('Coordinator')
       cy.contains('NOW Database')
+      cy.get('[id="edit-button"]').should('exist')
+      cy.get('[id="delete-button"]').should('exist')
     })
-    it('Time Bound works', () => {
+    it('Time Bound view shows correctly', () => {
       cy.contains('Time Bounds').click()
       cy.contains('C2N-y')
       cy.get('[data-cy="detailview-button-11"]').first().click()
       cy.contains('Bound')
       cy.contains('1.778')
+      cy.get('[id="edit-button"]').should('exist')
+      cy.get('[id="delete-button"]').should('exist')
     })
     it('Email page opens', () => {
       cy.get('div[id="/admin-menu-button"]').click()
@@ -63,5 +69,33 @@ describe('Broadly test what different user rights see', () => {
     it('Does not see email page', () => {
       cy.pageForbidden('/email')
     })
+    it('Does not see the New button in table view', () => {
+      cy.visit('/locality')
+      cy.contains('New').should('not.exist')
+      cy.visit('/species')
+      cy.contains('New').should('not.exist')
+      cy.visit('/reference')
+      cy.contains('New').should('not.exist')
+      cy.visit('/time-unit')
+      cy.contains('New').should('not.exist')
+    })
+    it('Does not see edit or delete buttons in detailview', () => {
+      cy.visit('locality/20920')
+      cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
+      cy.get('[id="edit-button"]').should('not.exist')
+      cy.get('[id="delete-button"]').should('not.exist')
+      cy.visit('species/21052')
+      cy.contains('Simplomys simplicidens')
+      cy.get('[id="edit-button"]').should('not.exist')
+      cy.get('[id="delete-button"]').should('not.exist')
+      cy.visit('reference/10039')
+      cy.contains('A new geomagnetic polarity time scale')
+      cy.get('[id="edit-button"]').should('not.exist')
+      cy.get('[id="delete-button"]').should('not.exist')
+      cy.visit('time-unit/bahean')
+      cy.contains('Bahean')
+      cy.get('[id="edit-button"]').should('not.exist')
+      cy.get('[id="delete-button"]').should('not.exist')
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/documentation/user_rights.md b/documentation/user_rights.md
index 01d51fa8..e460494d 100644
--- a/documentation/user_rights.md
+++ b/documentation/user_rights.md
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ Any user can get a list of reference types.
 
 Any user can view the details of a reference.
 
-References cannot be created, updated or deleted by anyone at the moment.
+Creating or updating a reference requires the **Admin** or **EditUnrestricted** roles.
+
+Deleting a reference requires the **Admin** role.
 
 ## Time Unit
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DetailView/DetailView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DetailView/DetailView.tsx
index c77cd8d4..17888400 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DetailView/DetailView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DetailView/DetailView.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,13 @@ export const DetailView = <T extends object>({
               </Button>
             )}
             {editRights.delete && !isNew && (
-              <Button onClick={onDelete} variant="contained" sx={{ width: '8em', color: 'white' }} color="error">
+              <Button
+                id="delete-button"
+                onClick={onDelete}
+                variant="contained"
+                sx={{ width: '8em', color: 'white' }}
+                color="error"
+              >
                 Delete
               </Button>
             )}