General Cemetery Act 2025
make new provision for the regulation and management of the General Cemetery Company upon its registration under the Companies Act 2006; to permit the transfer of the ownership and management of Kensal Green Cemetery and West London Crematorium to a charity; and to confer powers upon the General Cemetery Company to extinguish rights of burial and disturb human remains in Kensal Green Cemetery for the purpose of increasing the space for interments; and for connected purposes.
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The General Cemetery Act 2025 was a Private Bill that became an Act of Parliament.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill was introduced on 27 November 2024 and became an Act of Parliament on 27 October 2025.
Whose idea is this Bill?Private Bills are usually tabled by local organisations to allow for local changes that would otherwise conflict with the general law.
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