{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General powers of management",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this order, a burial authority may do all such things as they consider necessary or desirable for the proper management, regulation and control of a cemetery.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as authorising—\n(a) any action in relation to any chapel provided as mentioned in article 6(1)(b); or\n(b) any action in relation to any vault, or any tombstone or other memorial, other than action which is necessary to remove a danger which arises by reason of the condition of the vault, or the tombstone or other memorial, itself.\n(3) Where in the exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (1) a burial authority enter into any agreement with the rural dean or the representatives of a particular denomination or religious body in relation to the management of any part of a cemetery, or where any such agreement has been entered into under paragraph (1) of article 3 of the order of 1974 or enactments replaced by that paragraph—\n(a) the first-mentioned paragraph shall have effect subject to the provisions of the agreement; and\n(b) article 16 shall not be construed as empowering any departure from such provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:09:45.448284+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."
}