Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981

8 Determination of questions.

If any person claiming compensation under subsection (3) of section 4 of this Act, or giving such notice as is mentioned in paragraph 3 of the said Schedule, fails to satisfy the church or other religious body owning the land or on whose behalf it is held that he is the person entitled to burial rights in the said land or that he is such personal representative or relative as he claims to be, or if any question arises about the amount of compensation for loss of such rights, or as to the reasonableness of the expenses or proposed expenses of the removal and reinterment or cremation of human remains or the removal and disposal of any tombstone, monument or memorial under the said paragraph, the question shall be determined on the application of either party by the County Court in whose district the land is situated who shall have power to make an order determining such question and as to the payment of the costs of the application, and any jurisdiction conferred on the county court by this section may be exercised by the registrar of the court.