# Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 3: Provision of burial ground: local authority


(1) Each local authority—
(a) must provide one burial ground within the area of the local authority, and
(b) may provide other burial grounds within that area.
(2) In subsection (1), “burial ground” has the meaning given in section 1 except that it does not include land mentioned in paragraph (b) of that section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/20/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-3
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