17Remains not to be disturbed

17 Remains not to be disturbed

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—

(a) the remains of any person who is buried in, or

(b) the ashes of any person which are contained in an article which has been placed in or on, or

(c) any monument over the grave of or in respect of a person in or on,

the cemetery land.

(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—

(a) where practicable, in the original place of interment or erection in or on the cemetery land, or

(b) elsewhere in or on the cemetery land.