Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 20

Commentary on Sections

Part 1 – Burial

Burial grounds

Section 3 – Provision of burial ground: local authority

10. This section sets out a local authority’s duty to provide a burial ground.

11. Subsection (1)(a) provides that a local authority must provide at least one burial ground within its area. Subsection (1)(b) allows a local authority to provide more than one burial ground within its area.

12. By virtue of subsection (2), a closed burial ground (as mentioned in section 1(b)) is not a burial ground for the purpose of this duty.