# The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977, Article 18: Offences in cemeteries


(1) No person shall—
(a) wilfully create any disturbance in a cemetery;
(b) commit any nuisance in a cemetery;
(c) wilfully interfere with any burial taking place in a cemetery;
(d) wilfully interfere with any grave or vault, any tombstone or other memorial, or any flowers or plants on any such matter; or
(e) play at any game or sport in a cemetery.
(2) No person not being an officer or servant of the burial authority or another person so authorised by or on behalf of the burial authority shall enter or remain in a cemetery at any hour when it is closed to the public.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/article-18
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