Burial and Cremation Act 1964

Finance and miscellaneous functions

18: Receipts and expenditure

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"Money from cemetery services: how it's collected and used"

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You get money from people using the rules in this Act. This money goes into a special account. The account is looked after like the local authority's other accounts. You use this money to manage and improve cemeteries. The money is also used for other things allowed by this Act. The local authority decides how to use the money.

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17: Copies of bylaws, or

"Getting copies of cemetery rules"

19: Appointment of officers, or

"Councils can choose staff to help with burial and cremation work."

Part 2Finance and miscellaneous functions

18Receipts and expenditure

All money received by a local authority pursuant to the provisions of this Act or of any regulations or bylaws made under this Act shall be credited to a separate account and such account shall be kept in like manner as the ordinary accounts of the local authority are kept and shall be subject to the provisions of any enactment governing the keeping and audit of such accounts.
Subject to the provisions of any other enactment relating to the appropriation of money in a separate account of a local authority all money received by a local authority and credited as required by subsection (1) shall be applied in the management and improvement of the cemetery or cemeteries under its control and for the several purposes and objects authorised by this Act.

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1908 No 19 ss 19, 56(2)