{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disused-burial-grounds-act-1884/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disused-burial-grounds-act-1884/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/47-48/72",
  "legislation_title": "Disused Burial Grounds Act 1884",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disused-burial-grounds-act-1884",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "No buildings to be erected upon disused burial grounds except for enlargement, &c.",
  "text": "It shall not be lawful to erect any buildings upon any disused burial ground, except for the purpose of enlarging a church, chapel, meeting house, or other places of worship.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded by Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 (c. 18, SIF 17:1), ss. 1(1), 2(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded by Pastoral Measure 1983 (No. 1, SIF 21:4), ss. 30(4), 51(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 3 restricted (1.7.2012) by Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (No. 3), ss. 63(11), 112(3) (with ss. 79, 100, 105(4), 107, 108(6), Sch. 8); S.I. 2012/1, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 3 restricted (1.7.2012) by Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (No. 3), ss. 44(4), 112(3) (with ss. 100, 105(4), 107, 108(6), Sch. 8); S.I. 2012/1, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded by 1991 gsm 1 s. 18A(1) (as inserted (1.4.2015) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015 (No. 1), ss. 4, 11(2); S.I. 2015/593, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), ss. 64(1), 99(2) (with s. 80(3), Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded by Pastoral Measure 1968 (No. 1), ss. 30(2), 51(6) and Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1968 (c. xxxix), s. 29(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/72/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:55.696845+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."
}