Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1855 (repealed)

18 & 19 Vict. c. 68 · Enacted 23 July 1855 · Extends to United Kingdom

Contents

1. 1Short title. Repealed
2. 2Parochial board to carry into execution this Act. Repealed
3. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
4. 4Proceedings on complaints of danger to health. Repealed
5. 5On representation of Secretary of State, Her Majesty in Council may restrain the opening of new burial grounds, and order discontinuance of burials in specified places. Repealed
6. 6Penalties. Repealed
7. 7Order not to extend to burial grounds of Quakers or Jews, unless expressly included. Repealed
8. 8Saving of certain rights to bury in vaults, &c. Repealed
9. 9Upon requisition of ratepayers or members of parochial board, meeting of parochial board to be convened to determine whether burial ground shall be provided. Repealed
10. 10When burial grounds are closed by Order in Council, board to provide suitable burial grounds, &c. Repealed
11. 11Consent of owners of houses to new burial grounds where necessary. Repealed
12. 12Board may purchase land for cemeteries, or contracts with cemetery companies. Repealed
13. 13Certain provisions of 8 & 9 Vict. c. 19. incorporated with this Act. Repealed
14. 14Parochial boards may concur in providing a burial ground for the common use of their parishes. Repealed
15. 15Burial ground to be the burial ground of the parish or parishes for which it is provided. Repealed
16. 16Liabilities of old burial grounds transferred to new burial grounds. Repealed
17. 17Management to be vested in parochial boards. Repealed
18. 18Boards may sell exclusive rights of burial, and right to erect monuments, &c. Repealed
19. 19Boards may make arrangements for facilitating the conveyance of bodies to burial grounds Repealed
20. 20Places may be provided for reception of bodies until interment. Repealed
21. 21Secretary of State may make regulations as to burial grounds, &c. Repealed
22. 22Exemption of burials from toll. Repealed
23. 23Board may lay out and embellish burial ground. Repealed
24. 24Board to fix payments for interments in burial ground. Repealed
25. 25Certain provisions of 10 & 11 Vict. c 65. incorporated with this Act. Repealed
26. 59Section 59 Repealed
27. 26Expenses to be paid by assessments. Repealed
28. 27Power to borrow money. Repealed
29. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
30. 29, 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
31. 31Register of burials to be kept in every ground provided under this Act. Registers to be evidence. Repealed
32. 32Sheriffs’ decisions to be final. Repealed