BJ 4
[Subsidiary]
Monuments and headstones, etc. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
L.N. 57/79.
L.N. 57/79.
CAP. 132] Public Cemeteries (Regional Council)
By-laws
[1986 Ed.
(2) No person shall be entitled to have allocated more than one grave space for one set of human remains, and, save with the consent in writing of the Council, not more than one set of human remains shall be interred in one grave space.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the size of a grave space shall be such as is permitted by the Council in pursuance of its policy for the time being for the cemetery in question.
8. (1) Save with the consent in writing of the Council and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions which it may impose on the grant thereof, no person shall, in any public cemetery, erect a monument, other than a headstone or tablet, upon any grave, or make any railing, fence or enclosure round or enclosing any grave space, or plant thereat any tree or shrub.
(1A) No person shall, in any public cemetery, erect any monument, headstone or tablet which exceeds the following dimensions, and the Council shall not under paragraph (1) give its consent to any such monument-
(a) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(a), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1500 mm;
(b) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(b), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1500 mm or the dimensions of the monument lawfully erected over the grave before the exhumation (whichever is the greater);
(c) in the case of a monument erected over any other grave, a length of 1800 mm, a width of 900 mm and a height of 1800 mm;
(d) in the case of a headstone or tablet, a width of 900 mm, a thickness of 150 mm and a height of 1500 mm.
(1B) For the purposes of paragraph (1A), the measurement of the height of a monument, headstone or tablet shall be taken from the highest point of the surrounding ground and shall include the highest point of the monument, headstone or tablet, and the measurement of the length and width shall include any lateral projection from the monument, headstone or tablet.
(2) Where the Council gives its consent to the planting in any public cemetery of any tree or shrub, such consent shall be deemed to have been given subject to the condition that the tree or shrub may be clipped or pruned at the discretion of the Council.
(3) Every grave shall be numbered in a permanent form with a number corresponding to the number entered in the register required to be kept by the provisions of by-law 4, and every monument, headstone or tablet, and any railing or enclosure marking or enclosing any grave, shall be firmly seated in the ground.
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BJ 4
[Subsidiary]
Monuments and headstones, etc. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
L.N. 57/79.
L.N. 57/79.
CAP. 132] Public Cemeteries (Regional Council)
By-laws
[1986 Ed.
(2) No person shall be entitled to have allocated more than one grave space for one set of human remains, and, save with the consent in writing of the Council, not more than one set of human remains shall be interred in one grave space.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the size of a grave space shall be such as is permitted by the Council in pursuance of its policy for the time being for the cemetery in question.
8. (1) Save with the consent in writing of the Council and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions which it may impose on the grant thereof, no person shall, in any public cemetery, erect a monument, other than a headstone or tablet, upon any grave, or make any railing, fence or enclosure round or enclosing any grave space, or plant thereat any tree or shrub.
(IA) No person shall, in any public cemetery, erect any monu- ment, headstone or tablet which exceeds the following dimensions, and the Council shall not under paragraph (1) give its consent to any such monument-
(a) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(a), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1 500 mm;
(b) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(b), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1 500 mm or the dimensions of the monument lawfully erected over the grave before the exhumation (whichever is the greater);
(c) in the case of a monument erected over any other grave, a length of 1 800 mm, a width of 900 mm and a height of 1 800 mm;
(d) in the case of a headstone or tablet, a width of 900 mm,
a thickness of 150 mm and a height of 1 500 mm.
(IB) For the purposes of paragraph (1A), the measurement of the height of a monument, headstone or tablet shall be taken from the highest point of the surrounding ground and shall include the highest point of the monument, headstone or tablet, and the measurement of the length and width shall include any lateral projection from the monument, headstone or tablet.
(2) Where the Council gives its consent to the planting in any public cemetery of any tree or shrub, such consent shall be deemed to have been given subject to the condition that the tree or shrub may be clipped or pruned at the discretion of the Council.
(3) Every grave shall be numbered in a permanent form with a number corresponding to the number entered in the register required to be kept by the provisions of by-law 4, and every monument, head- stone or tablet, and any railing or enclosure marking or enclosing any grave, shall be firmly seated in the ground.
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