The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977

UK Statutory Instrument 1977 No. 204 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

5 January 1977

In force from

10 March 1977

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Education, social security, pensions and public services

Made under

Local Government Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order supersedes the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1974, amending and extending the provision for the management, regulation and control of the cemeteries of local authorities. In accordance with section 214(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, this Order was approved by a resolution of the House of Commons on 4th February 1977 and a resolution of the House of Lords on 8th February 1977. It therefore has effect from 10th March 1977.

Offences created by this instrument

• Penalties article 19 · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977 Lords · Lords Chamber · 8 February 1977
• Adjournment (Christmas) Commons · Commons Chamber · 19 December 1988 · Mr. David Amess (Basildon)

  Before the House rises for Christmas it should consider three matters concerned with love—that which makes the world go round. The first is hospital radio. I am the voluntary spokesman for the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations. On 14 February next year there will be an "I love hospital radio broadcasting" day. There will be a lobby of the House, whose members will ask my right hon. Friend the Chancellor to zero-rate VAT on hospital radio broadcasting equipment—in other words, to treat our charity in the same way as talking newspapers for the blind. This would mean…

• Cemeteries Commons · Commons Chamber · 11 March 2002 · Norman Baker (Lewes)

  I am very pleased to have this opportunity to raise an issue of considerable importance to my constituents. I have learned over the last couple of weeks, if I did not know it before, that national issues are not always the ones that exercise local opinion. The question of cemeteries is undoubtedly the most important issue for my constituents at the moment, as my local papers—the Seaford Gazette, the Sussex Express and The Leader —can demonstrate, as they feature this issue on their front pages regularly. The reason for this is that safety tests have been carried out by one of the two…

• Gravestones Commons · Westminster Hall · 29 June 2005 · Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase) (Lab)

  I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce this short debate on the safety testing of gravestones. This matter is causing great distress and anger to many of my constituents and I understand that there are similar reactions in other parts of the country. I have been inundated with calls from people who have visited the grave of a loved one only to find that it has been desecrated, not by a group of vandals but by a gang of contractors employed by the local authority. The gravestone may have been dislodged, staked and may have a sticker on it declaring it unsafe and requiring repair. In…

• Private Memorials Commons · Commons Chamber · 31 October 2005 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mrs. Anne McGuire)

  The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977 gives local authorities that act as burial authorities wide powers to carry out whatever they consider necessary or desirable for the proper management, regulation and control of cemeteries, and specifically to put and keep in order any tombstone or other memorial. In addition, a considerable amount of guidance on memorial management and safety standards has been published by the relevant professional and representative bodies.

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