Section 20 Notices given under this Act

(1)

The Company may give a single notice for the purposes of section 17 (1) and section 18 (5) or (7).

(2)

The Company must—

(a)

publish notice in a newspaper of their intention to exercise the powers under section 17 or section 18, such notice to be published once in each of two successive weeks, with an interval between the dates of publication of not less than six clear days;

(b)

publish such a notice and maintain that notice until the specified date—

(i)

on the Company’s website; or

(ii)

by using a means of electronic publication that the Company considers equivalent for the purposes of drawing attention to the Company’s proposals;

(c)

display such a notice in a conspicuous position—

(i)

at each of the principal entrances to the cemetery; and

(ii)

so far as is reasonably practicable at or near the grave; and

(d)

serve such a notice on—

(i)

where the Company intends to extinguish burial rights, the registered owner of the right of burial and, if different, the registered owner of any memorial proposed to be removed, at their registered address;

(ii)

where the Company intends to disturb human remains, the registered owner of any right of burial, any extinguished or expired right of burial or any memorial erected or placed in or on the grave space, at their registered address;

(iii)

the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; and

(iv)

the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

(3)

Each notice must—

(a)

contain full particulars of the Company’s proposals including the registered number or other description of all grave spaces in respect of which it is proposed that rights of burial should be extinguished, and graves in which it is proposed that human remains are to be disturbed, and specifying those graves where it is proposed that any memorials should be removed;

(b)

contain the specified date, which must not be earlier than six months after the date of the last of the publications in accordance with subsection (2)(a) and (b), the date on which the notice is first displayed in accordance with subsection (2)(c), or the date on which the notice is served in accordance with subsection (2)(d), whichever is the last;

(c)

in the case of a notice under section 17, state the effect of subsections (4) to (8) of that section; and

(d)

in the case of a notice under section 18, state the effect of subsections (6) and (7) of that section.

(4)

A notice under subsection (2)(b) must contain, where known, the name of the registered owner of any right of burial or memorial affected and the name of any person whose remains are proposed to be disturbed.

(5)

A notice under subsection (2)(a), (c) or (d) must include details of where the notice under subsection (2)(b) may be found and a statement that the notice under subsection (2)(b) contains the information described in subsection (4).