The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977

Offences in cemeteries

18.—(1) No person shall—

(a)wilfully create any disturbance in a cemetery;

(b)commit any nuisance in a cemetery;

(c)wilfully interfere with any burial taking place in a cemetery;

(d)wilfully interfere with any grave or vault, any tombstone or other memorial, or any flowers or plants on any such matter; or

(e)play at any game or sport in a cemetery.

(2) No person not being an officer or servant of the burial authority or another person so authorised by or on behalf of the burial authority shall enter or remain in a cemetery at any hour when it is closed to the public.