New Southgate Cemetery Act 2017

5 Records

(1) The burial authority must cause a record to be made of each memorial removed under this Act containing

(a) a copy of any legible inscription on it; and

(b) if it is intended to preserve the memorial, a statement showing where it has been taken,

and the burial authority must deposit a copy of the record with the Registrar General.

(2) The burial authority must maintain a record of any remains in the cemetery disturbed under the powers of section 4, showing—

(a) the date of the disturbance;

(b) the registered number of the grave;

(c) the names, in full, of the person whose remains are disturbed;

(d) the book, page and entry number of the entry of burial or, where the burial was entered electronically, the number of the entry;

(e) particulars of the authority for disturbance; and

(f) the registered number of the grave in which the remains are reinterred and the date of reinterment.

(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after any disturbance, the burial authority must complete the record as regards paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (2).

(4) The record maintained under subsection (2) must at all reasonable times be available for consultation by any person free of charge.