# The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977, Paragraph 1


No burial shall take place, no cremated human remains shall be scattered and no tombstone or other memorial shall be placed in a cemetery, and no additional inscription shall be made on a tombstone or other memorial, without the permission of the officer appointed for that purpose by the burial authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/schedule-2/part-I/paragraph-1
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