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Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013
17Remains not to be disturbed
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17 Remains not to be disturbed
> > (1) The trustees or any person or body of persons must take due care not to unearth or disturb—
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> > > (a) the remains of any person who is buried in, or
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> > > (b) the ashes of any person which are contained in an article which has been placed in or on, or
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> > > (c) any monument over the grave of or in respect of a person in or on,
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> > the cemetery land.
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> > (2) If any such remains, articles or monuments are unearthed or disturbed the trustees must cause the remains or articles to be reverently interred or the monument placed—
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> > > (a) where practicable, in the original place of interment or erection in or on the cemetery land, or
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> > > (b) elsewhere in or on the cemetery land.