Burial Act 1852
Status: This is the original version (as it was originally enacted). Burial Act 1852 1852 CHAPTER 85 An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis. [1st July 1852] WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal " The Metropolitan Interments Act, 1850, " and to make such other Provision as herein-after mentioned in relation to Interments in and near the Metropolis: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows : I 13 & 14 Vict. c.52 repealed, and Her Majesty may continue additional Member of Board therein authorized. The said Act shall be repealed: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to continue during the Continuance of the General Board of Health the Appointment of the additional Member of such Board authorized by the said Act, and the Salary of such Member, fixed as in the said Act mentioned, shall be paid as by Section Seven of the Public Health Act, 1848, is directed concerning the Salaries therein mentioned. II On Representation of Secretary of State, Her Majesty in Council may order Discontinuance of Burials in any Part of the Metropolis. In case it appear to Her Majesty in Council, upon the Representation of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, that for the Protection of the Public Health Burials in any Part or Parts of the Metropolis, or in any Burial Grounds or Places of Burial in the Metropolis, should be wholly discontinued, or should be discontinued subject to any Exception or Qualification, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by and with the Advice of Her Privy Council, to order that after a Time mentioned in the Order Burials in such Part or Parts of the Metropolis or in such Burial Grounds or Places of Burial shall be discontinued wholly, or subject to any Exceptions or Qualifications 2 Burial Act 1852 (c.
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