Burial and Cremation Act 2019

For the purposes of this Act, a cemetery is a closed cemetery if the cemetery – immediately before the commencement of this section, was a closed cemetery within the meaning of the Burial and Cremation Act 2002; or was closed under section 63 and a notice under that section remains in effect in respect of the cemetery; or was approved to be closed under section 65; or meets the prescribed criteria for a closed cemetery.

For the avoidance of doubt, a closed cemetery is still a cemetery for the purposes of this Act unless – all human remains have been removed from the closed cemetery as required under section 72(1); or the land is declared under section 73 not to be a cemetery.