# The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977, Paragraph 3


No body shall be buried in a grave unless the coffin is effectively separated from any coffin interred in the grave on a previous occasion by means of a layer of earth not less than six inches thick.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/schedule-2/part-I/paragraph-3
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