# Local Government Act 1972, Paragraph 16


In section 1 of the Burial Act 1859, for the word “churchwardens”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words “ burial authority ”, for the words from “church wardens” in the second place where it occurs to “situate” there shall be substituted the words “ council of the district or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London, as the case may be ” and for the word “churchwardens”, wherever it subsequently occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ Council ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/26/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-26/paragraph-16
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