# Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1855 (repealed) 18 & 19 Vict. c. 68 · enacted 23 July 1855 · revised to 28 December 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/burial-grounds-scotland-act-1855-repealed/pdf/ukpga_18550068_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Short title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Parochial board to carry into execution this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Proceedings on complaints of danger to health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 On 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Order not to extend to burial grounds of Quakers or Jews, unless expressly included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Saving of certain rights to bury in vaults, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Upon requisition of ratepayers or members of parochial board, meeting of parochial board to be convened to determine whether burial ground shall be provided. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 When burial grounds are closed by Order in Council, board to provide suitable burial grounds, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Consent of owners of houses to new burial grounds where necessary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Board may purchase land for cemeteries, or contracts with cemetery companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Certain provisions of 8 & 9 Vict. c. 19. incorporated with this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Parochial boards may concur in providing a burial ground for the common use of their parishes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Burial ground to be the burial ground of the parish or parishes for which it is provided. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Liabilities of old burial grounds transferred to new burial grounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Management to be vested in parochial boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Boards may sell exclusive rights of burial, and right to erect monuments, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Boards may make arrangements for facilitating the conveyance of bodies to burial grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Places may be provided for reception of bodies until interment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Secretary of State may make regulations as to burial grounds, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Exemption of burials from toll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Board may lay out and embellish burial ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Board to fix payments for interments in burial ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Certain provisions of 10 & 11 Vict. c 65. incorporated with this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Expenses to be paid by assessments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Power to borrow money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29, 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Register of burials to be kept in every ground provided under this Act. Registers to be evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Sheriffs’ decisions to be final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/18-19/68 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/burial-grounds-scotland-act-1855-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.