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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26E+W Cemeteries and Crematoria

Saving, amendments and modifications of enactmentsE+W

15E+WSection 214(1) above shall not affect the power to make an Order in Council under section 1 of the M1Burial Act 1853 or section 2 of the M2Burial Act 1855 with respect to the discontinuance of burials; and—

(a)the power to make such an Order shall, notwithstanding anything in section 5 of the said Act of 1853 (which precludes the exercise of that power in the case of cemeteries provided under any Act of Parliament or with the approval of the Secretary of State) be exercisable in relation to all cemeteries provided under section 214 above or in Greater London provided otherwise; and

(b)section 51 of the M3Burial Act 1852 shall apply to cemeteries in which burials are discontinued by virtue of this paragraph as it applies to burial grounds in which interments are discontinued under that Act;

but nothing in any such Order shall prevent the interment of the body of any person in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, or in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, if Her Majesty signifies Her approval that the body be so interred.