This bill grants the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust powers to extinguish old burial rights and reinter remains to create space for new burials, with protections for war graves and historic graves.
A Bill to confer powers upon the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust to operate, maintain and improve Highgate Cemetery and to extinguish rights of burial and disturb human remains in Highgate Cemetery for the purpose of increasing the space for interments and the improvement of Highgate Cemetery; and for connected purposes.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Introduced: 2020-01-22
Royal Assent: 2022-03-24