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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-19",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/20",
  "legislation_title": "Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Right to erect headstone",
  "text": "(1) The person in whom a right of burial in a lair in a burial ground is vested may apply to the burial authority for the burial ground for the right to erect a headstone or other memorial on the lair.\n(2) A burial authority may refuse such an application if, in the opinion of the authority, it is reasonable to do so.\n(3) A right conferred by the granting of such an application is subject to, and must be exercised in accordance with, any regulations under this Part.\n(4) Subsection (5) applies where a right of burial in a lair is extinguished (including at the end of any period for which it is extended under section 14).\n(5) A right to erect a headstone or other memorial on the lair conferred by virtue of subsection (1) on the person in whom a right of burial is vested is extinguished on the extinguishment of the right of burial.\n(6) More than one application may be made under subsection (1) by the person in whom a right of burial is vested.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 in force at 1.3.2025 by S.S.I. 2024/335, reg. 2(1), sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/20/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:27.457406+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}