{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/schedule-2/part-I/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/schedule-2/part-I/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Within 24 hours of any burial in a walled grave or vault, the coffin shall be—\n(a) embedded in concrete, and covered with a layer of concrete not less than six inches thick; or\n(b) enclosed in a separate cell or compartment of brick, slate, stone flagging or precast concrete slabs of a 1:2:4 mix, in any case not less than two inches thick, in such a manner as to prevent, as far as may be practicable, the escape of any noxious gas from the interior of the cell or compartment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}