SCHEDULE 6Disposal of Human Remains
1
The body or person in whom the building, part of a building or land in question is vested or to whom it is leased or licensed (in this Schedule referred to as “ the landowner ”) shall, before removing any human remains or any tombstones, monuments or memorials commemorating the deceased persons—
(a)
publish in a newspaper circulating in the locality a notice of intention to do so at least once during each of two successive weeks; and
(b)
display a like notice in a conspicuous place where the remains are interred; and
(c)
serve a like notice on the bishop and on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (in this Schedule referred to as “ the Commission ”); and
(d)
if the remains were interred within twenty-five years before the date of the first publication of the notice, serve a like notice on the personal representatives or next of kin (or, in the event of their being untraceable, any known relative) of the deceased person.