SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6

Disposal 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.
Sch. 6 para. 1 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
Sch. 6 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), ss. 92(4), 99(2) (with s. 93, Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2