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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977/schedule-3/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1977/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-cemeteries-order-1977",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If notice of objection, and of the grounds thereof, to the levelling of any grave not included in paragraph 9 or 10 in exercise of the powers set out in article 16(2)(c) is given—\nby the owner of a right described in article 10(1)(a)(i) or (ii) in respect of the grave; or\nby a relative of any person buried in the grave,\nto the burial authority before the date specified in the notice under paragraph 3, the grave shall not be levelled unless the objection is withdrawn:\nProvided that the burial authority may make representations to the Secretary of State, and, if the Secretary of State approves, the grave may be levelled after the expiration of two months after notification of the Secretary of State's approval by the burial authority to the objector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2114",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2005/3302",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2005"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/schedule/3/paragraph/11",
    "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."
}