Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Act 2024

WHEREAS—

1. 1

   Bishop's Stortford Town Council (“the parish council”) is the burial authority for the cemeteries in the town of Bishop's Stortford, known as the Old Cemetery and the New Cemetery (“the cemetery”):

2. 2

   The town of Bishop's Stortford is within the district of East Hertfordshire, which is under the local government of East Hertfordshire District Council (“the district council”):

3. 3

   In order that better use may be made of the land in the cemetery for burials, it is expedient that the parish council be authorised to extinguish certain rights of burial granted in graves in the cemetery and to disturb, or authorise the disturbance of, human remains interred in such graves and also in graves where no rights of burial exist, for the purpose of increasing the space for further interments in such graves and to use appropriately or remove altogether from the cemetery memorials on such graves:

4. 4

   It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this Act should be enacted:

5. 5

   The objects of this Act cannot be attained without the authority of Parliament:

6. 6

   In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the requirements of section 239 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70) have been observed by the district council: