Part 1Preliminary

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the General Cemetery Act 2025.

(2)

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), this Act comes into force at the end of 28 days beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(3)

Sections 5 and 6, Part 1 of Schedule 1 and Part 1 of Schedule 2 (except for the provision referred to in subsection (4)) come into force on the date on which the Company is registered as a company under Chapter 1 of Part 33 of the 2006 Act (companies not formed under companies legislation but authorised to register).

(4)

The following provisions come into force on the date on which the first byelaws under section 14 come into force—

(a)

Part 1 of Schedule 2 in so far as it repeals section 56 of the 1832 Act (which confers a byelaw-making power); and

(b)

Part 2 of Schedule 2 in so far as it repeals sections 103 and 104 of the 1832 Act and sections 10 and 11 of the 1839 Act (which make it an offence to create a nuisance in the cemetery).