Burial and Cremation Act 1964

Establishment, maintenance, and regulation of cemeteries

14: Guardians

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"People who help care for a cemetery area for their religious group"

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You can have guardians for a part of a cemetery that is just for your religious group. They help look after that part of the cemetery. The local authority can work with these guardians to keep the area tidy. You can have arrangements with the guardians to look after the graves and monuments in their part of the cemetery. The local authority makes these arrangements with the guardians. This helps keep the cemetery nice and respectful.

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13: Rights of minister of religion, etc, or

"Ministers of religion have rights in cemeteries to perform duties and make decisions."

15: Burial of members of His Majesty's Forces, etc, or

"Special cemetery rules for armed forces members and their families"

Part 1Establishment, maintenance, and regulation of cemeteries

14Guardians

Every religious denomination may from time to time appoint guardians to administer and supervise, subject to the powers conferred on the local authority by this Act, any portion of a cemetery set apart for its exclusive use.
The local authority may make such arrangements as it thinks fit with any such guardians for the upkeep of the portion administered and supervised by them and the graves, vaults, monuments, and tablets therein.

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1908 No 19 ss 39, 40