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Article 3

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In the Schedule to this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “burial” includes deposit in a vault and the interment or deposit of cremated remains;

  • “Chancellor” means the judge of the consistory or commissary court of the bishop or archbishop of the diocese;

  • “incumbent” means the incumbent of any benefice as defined by the Interpretation Measure 1925f1;

  • “churchyard” includes the curtilage of a church and a burial ground of a church whether or not immediately adjoining such church;

  • “cemetery” means a burial ground maintained by a burial authority;

  • “monument” includes a headstone, cross, kerb, border, vase, chain, railing, tablet, plaque, marker, flatstone, tombstone or monument or tomb of any other kind.

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1925 No. 1 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. No. 1).