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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Main powers in relation to land of the HCA

Part 3Powers in relation to burial grounds and consecrated land etc.

Regulations about human remains and monuments

23(1)Regulations under this Part of this Schedule about the removal and reinterment of human remains and the disposal of monuments must require the persons in whom the land is vested to publish notice of their intention to carry out the removal and reinterment of any human remains or the disposal of any monuments.

(2)Regulations under this Part of this Schedule about the removal and reinterment of human remains and the disposal of monuments must make provision for—

(a)enabling the personal representatives or relatives of any deceased person themselves—

(i)to undertake the removal and reinterment of the remains of the deceased, and

(ii)the disposal of any monument commemorating the deceased, and

(b)requiring the persons in whom the land is vested to meet the expenses of such removal, reinterment and disposal provided that they are not more than such amount as may be prescribed.

(3)Regulations under this Part of this Schedule about the removal and reinterment of human remains and the disposal of monuments must require compliance with such reasonable conditions (if any) as may be imposed, in the case of consecrated land, by the bishop of the diocese, in relation to—

(a)the manner of removal of any human remains,

(b)the place and manner of reinterment of any human remains, and

(c)the disposal of any monuments.

(4)Regulations under this Part of this Schedule about the removal and reinterment of human remains must require compliance with any directions given in any case by the Secretary of State in relation to the removal and reinterment of any human remains.