Fees and other charges15
1
Subject to the provisions of this article a burial authority may charge such fees as they think proper—
a
for or in connection with burials in a cemetery;
b
for any grant of a right to place and maintain a tombstone or other memorial in a cemetery otherwise than in a chapel provided as mentioned in article 6(1)(b); or
c
for any grant of a right to put an additional inscription on such a tombstone or other memorial.
In determining the fees to be charged the burial authority shall take into account the effect of any resolution under section 147(3) of, or under paragraph 6 of Schedule 26 to, the Act.
2
Fees collected by a burial authority in respect of services rendered by any minister of religion or sexton acting at the request of the authority shall be paid by the authority to the minister of religion or sexton.
3
A burial authority shall keep a table showing the matters in respect of which fees or other charges are payable to them, and the amount of each such fee or charge, and the table shall be available for inspection by the public at all reasonable times.
4
No fee shall be payable to an incumbent or priest in charge of an ecclesiastical parish in respect of any burial in a cemetery, or in respect of any other matter connected with a cemetery, except for services rendered by him; and no fee shall be paid to any clerk or other ecclesiastical officer in respect of any burial in a cemetery except for services rendered by him.