{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-19",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to any land of the HCA or a strategic authority outside London which consists in, or forms part of, a burial ground.\n(2) The HCA or strategic authority outside London may use the land in any way which accords with planning permission despite—\n(a) anything in any enactment relating to burial grounds, or\n(b) any obligation or restriction imposed under ecclesiastical law or otherwise in respect of burial grounds.\n(3) But sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to any land which has been used for the burial of the dead until prescribed requirements about the removal and reinterment of human remains and the disposal of monuments have been complied with in relation to the land.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 19(1) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 18 para. 11(6)(a) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 19(2) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 18 para. 11(6)(b) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20 functions made exercisable concurrently (23.12.2016) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1267), arts. 1(2), 5(1)(i)(2)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20 functions made exercisable concurrently (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 18(1)(i) (with art. 18(3)(b))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19 functions made exercisable (17.3.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(2), 6(1)-(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (17.3.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(2), 9(3), Sch. 3 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 14(5), Sch. 3 (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19 functions made exercisable concurrently (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 14 (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20 functions made exercisable concurrently (28.7.2020) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/806), arts. 1, 10(1)(i)(2)-(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications (28.7.2020) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/806), arts. 1, 10(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19 functions made exercisable concurrently (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 10(1)(i)(2)-(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 13(5), Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19: functions made exercisable concurrently (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 9(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 10(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20: functions made exercisable concurrently (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20: functions made exercisable concurrently (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 34 (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C16",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 36(4), Sch. 4 (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C17",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 17(3), Sch. 3 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C19",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C20",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 9(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C21",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C22",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 8(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C23",
      "text": "Schs. 2-4 applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 8(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C24",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C25",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 19, 20: functions made exercisable concurrently (27.9.2025) by The Buckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1051), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19 in force at 1.12.2008 by S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(f) (with arts. 6-13)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/schedule/3/paragraph/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:57.313988+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."
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