Article 7 Grants of burial rights and rights to erect memorials, and agreements for maintenance of graves and memorials

(1)

This article applies to any such grant as is described in paragraph (1) of article 9 of the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1974^f1 or any such agreement as is described in paragraph (5) of that article made or entered into between 31st March 1974 and the coming into operation of this order.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3) below, any such grant or agreement shall be of full force and effect notwithstanding—

(a)

in the case of a grant, that the right is to subsist in perpetuity, or for a period exceeding 100 years; and

(b)

in the case of an agreement, that it is to extend over a period exceeding 100 years,

and if the grant or agreement is expressed to have been made under any provision other than the said order, notwithstanding that circumstance.

(3)

The provision of Part III of Schedule 2 to the said order (determination of rights and agreements for periods exceeding 100 years) shall apply to rights and agreements to which this article applies as they apply to rights granted or agreements entered into before 1st April 1974.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: (1974 I, p. 2489).