Part 3Transfer of cemetery to the Charitable Transferee

13Appointed day

(1)The appointed day is fixed by a decision of the Company in accordance with this section.

(2)The appointed day must not be before the Charitable Transferee is registered by the Charity Commission as a charity.

(3)Before the appointed day, the Company must—

(a)publish notice of the day appointed in the London Gazette, stating that it is the appointed day for the purposes of this Part; and

(b)serve a copy of the notice on—

(i)the Bishop of the diocese in which the cemetery is situated;

(ii)the Commonwealth War Graves Commission;

(iii)the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England; and

(iv)the local planning authorities for the cemetery.

(4)The publication of a notice under subsection (3) is conclusive evidence of the date of the appointed day in question, and a photocopy or other reproduction, certified by one of the directors or the company secretary of the Company, of a page or part of a page of the London Gazette containing the notice is conclusive evidence of publication.