The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977

PART II PROVISION AS TO GRANTS, EXTENSION OF THE PERIODS THEREOF AND MATTERS CONCERNING RIGHTS

1.—(1) A grant under article 10 shall be in writing signed by the officer appointed for that purpose by the burial authority.

(2) Any extension of the period of such a grant or of a grant made under article 9(1) of the order of 1974 or any enactment replaced by that provision shall also be in writing signed by such an officer.

2.  A burial authority shall—

(a) maintain a register of all rights granted by them or any predecessor of theirs under article 10(1) or under article 9(1) of the order of 1974, which shall show as respects each such right the date on which it was granted, the name and address of the grantee, the consideration for the grant, the place in which it is exercisable and its duration; and

(b) subject to the provision of section 229 of the Act, preserve registers of the rights granted under section 33 of the Burial Act 1852, section 40 of the Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, or a corresponding provision in any local Act, maintained by them before 1st April 1974 or transferred to them by any order made under section 254 of the Local Government Act 1972.

3.  Rights to which paragraph 2 applies may be assigned by deed or bequeathed by will.

4.  A burial authority shall, subject to such investigation as they think proper, record particulars of any assignment or transmission of any such right notified to them in the register maintained or preserved under paragraph 2.

5.  A register under paragraph 2 shall at all reasonable times be available for inspection by any person free of charge.

6.  A burial authority may charge such fees as they think proper for the making by them of searches in, and the provision of certified copies of entries in, a register under paragraph 2.