{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BURIAL, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 5th January 1977\nLaid before Parliament 18th January 1977\nComing into Operation 10th March 1977\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, in relation to Wales, after consultation with associations appearing to them to be representative of local authorities and with other bodies appearing to them to be concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 214(3) and 266(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/introduction",
    "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."
}