What protocols can the Welsh Government provide to local authorities on the provision for securing a burial plot?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government | Answered on 27/06/2016
Local Authorities have discretionary powers under the Local Government Act 1972 to provide and maintain cemeteries. Under the Local Authorities’ Cemeteries Order 1977, burial authorities have wide powers to decide how best to manage, regulate and control their cemeteries. Under s214 of the Local Government Act 1972, Welsh Ministers have an order making power in respect of the management, regulation and control of burial authority cemeteries. Consultation is required in the exercise of this power.