{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-cemetery-act-2025/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-cemetery-act-2025/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/2025/2",
  "legislation_title": "General Cemetery Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-cemetery-act-2025",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Byelaws",
  "text": "(1) The Company may make byelaws in relation to the operation and maintenance of the cemetery.\n(2) Without limiting the scope of subsection (1), the Company may make byelaws for the purposes of regulating—\n(a) the use of the cemetery by members of the public; and\n(b) the conduct of burials in the cemetery.\n(3) Byelaws under this section may—\n(a) make provision that a person contravening the byelaws is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale;\n(b) be made so as to relate to the whole or any part of the cemetery;\n(c) make different provision for different cases; and\n(d) amend or revoke other byelaws made under this section, or under section 56 of the 1832 Act.\n(4) In any proceedings for an offence under byelaws made under this section, it is a defence for the person charged to prove—\n(a) that the person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence; or\n(b) that the person had a reasonable excuse for any action or failure to act to which the proceedings relate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2025/2/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:44:43.145890+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."
}