UK Act of Parliament 2025 c. 2 United Kingdom

General Cemetery Act 2025

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.013 Appointed day (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Publish notice of appointed day and serve copies on specified bodiesTrader
s.015 Procedure for making byelaws (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Follow byelaw-making procedure before requesting government approvalTrader
s.017 Power to extinguish rights of burial (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Pay compensation or revive burial right if the owner claims within 6 monthsTrader
s.018 Power to disturb human remains (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Company may disturb human remains to increase burial space under strict conditionsTrader
s.019 Protection for certain graves (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Obtain consents for Commonwealth war graves, consecrated land, and protected graves; maintain recordTrader
s.020 Notices given under this Act (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Give notice before extinguishing burial rights or disturbing human remainsTrader
s.021 Memorials (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Company must publish and share memorial disposal policyTrader
s.022 Records (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Maintain records of disturbed remains and removed memorialsTrader
15 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Adoption of model articles and Company name (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Effect of registration (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Amendment of the 1832 Act relating to the Company (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Repeals relating to the Company (opens in a new tab)
s.007 The primary objects of the Charitable Transferee (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Transfer of ownership of the cemetery (opens in a new tab)
s.009 The Charitable Transferee’s power to manage the cemetery (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Easements and other rights (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Leases (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Further transfers of the cemetery (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Byelaws (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Modification of byelaw-making procedure for CIO (opens in a new tab)
s.023 Amendments and repeals relating to the cemetery (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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14 other schedules
s.sch001 The 1832 Act is amended as follows.
s.sch001 For section 46 substitute— Disposal of exclusive right of burial...
s.sch001 In section 49— (a) the existing text becomes subsection (1);...
s.sch001 In section 50, for “of Lead, or otherwise enclosed in...
s.sch001 In section 51, for the words from “and Copies or...
s.sch001 In section 119, for “Commissioners of Sewers for the City...
s.sch001 In section 1 omit the words from “, and by...
s.sch001 In section 21, at the end of the section insert...
s.sch001 In section 22, after “according to the Established Form of...
s.sch001 In section 25, for “and under the Direction of the...
s.sch001 In section 35, for “shall be conclusive Evidence of the...
s.sch001 For section 42 substitute— Consecration, and setting apart for particular...
s.sch001 For section 43 substitute— Grant of burial rights and rights...
s.sch001 For section 45 substitute— Form and register of grants of...

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