Burial and Cremation Act 1964

Burial grounds

33: Private burial grounds

You could also call this:

"Rules for private burial grounds and the groups that look after them"

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You have a body corporate that looks after a private burial ground. This body corporate keeps its name and powers when the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 starts. When this Act talks about private burial grounds, it usually means the body corporate in charge. You will see the Act mention trustees, but it is really talking about the body corporate. This is unless the context means something different. The body corporate is in charge of the private burial ground.

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32: Managers of denominational burial grounds, or

"Who is in charge of a denominational burial ground?"

34: Trustees of private burial grounds, or

"People to care for private burial grounds"

Part 4Burial grounds

33Private burial grounds

Every body corporate consisting of the trustees of a private burial ground and existing at the commencement of this Act shall continue to exist as the same body corporate by the same name and with the same capacity as theretofore.
In the application of this Act to private burial grounds references to trustees shall, unless inconsistent with the context, be deemed to be references to bodies corporate referred to in subsection (1).

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