Highgate Cemetery Act 2022

7 Register of burials and other records U.K.

(1) The burial authority must cause a register to be made of each burial in the cemetery.

(2) The register maintained under subsection (1) shall include information as the burial authority sees fit and must include—

(a) the date of the burial;

(b) the registered number of the grave;

(c) the names, in full, and age of the person whose remains are buried;

(d) whether the burial space is consecrated;

(e) whether the grave is a public or common grave;

(f) the approximate location of the burial space in a manner that reasonably allows for its identification; and

(g) a record of any remains in the cemetery disturbed under the powers conferred by section 5, showing—

(i) the date of the disturbance;

(ii) the registered number of the grave;

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

(iv) the number of the entry in the register for the burial;

(v) particulars of the authority for disturbance; and

(vi) the registered number of the grave in which the remains are reinterred, its approximate location and the date of reinterment.

(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after any burial or disturbance, the burial authority must complete the register in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (g) of subsection (2).

(4) 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;

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

(c) if the memorial is disposed of, a statement of the details of its disposal,

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

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

Commencement Information

I1 S. 7 in force at 21.4.2022, see s. 1