Burial and Cremation Act 2013

The relevant authority for a closed cemetery may, for the purpose of converting the cemetery into park lands or a public park or garden—

construct roads and pathways on the land; and

erect or construct buildings or structures on the land; and

construct on or under the land any vault or other structure as a repository for human remains that are not to be removed from the cemetery for interment elsewhere; and

erect lighting, seating and any other infrastructure or public amenity;

take such other action as the relevant authority thinks fit for laying out the land as park lands or a public place or garden.

In this section, a reference to a cemetery includes a reference to a part of a cemetery.