BANDON HILL CEMETERY JOINT COMMITTEE NOTICE

BANDON HILL CEMETERY JOINT COMMITTEE NOTICE
of intention to determine exclusive rights of burial and to remove memorials
1. BY virtue of Section 9 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1976 the Bandon Hill Cemetery Joint Committee ("the Committee") hereby proposes that the rights of interment in the following graves numbered:-

PLOT A 31 51 369 387 475 602
PLOT B 114 202 236 265 273 330 355 463 474
PLOT C 26 45 97 126 184 255 282 345 349 351 420 469
PLOT D 77 117
PLOT E 9 93 297
PLOT F 237
PLOT G 72 131 143 218 242
PLOT H 24 25 31 74 218 245
PLOT J 88 204
PLOT K 154 175 351 379
PLOT L 87 396 399 431
PLOT M 103 128
PLOT N 297 407
PLOT O 128 144 148 181 251 278 331 333 355 357
PLOT P 127 141 197 322 369
PLOT Q 15 54 502 510 598
PLOT R 36 79 103 140
PLOT XA 79 89 107 126 129 133 150 151 178 194 200
PLOT XC 139 186
PLOT XD 92 115 120 176 189 224 226 271 279 295 296 300 302 312 336 359

("the Graves") be extinguished for the following reasons:-
(a) each of the above mentioned Graves contains sufficient space for not less than one further interment and the right of interment by the present owner(s) has not been exercised for 75 years or more from the date of the latest interment in the Graves OR there has been no interment in the Graves for the period of 75 years from the date of grant

(b) due to diminished space in the cemetery the Committee wishes to use the Graves for further interments

2. THE rights in the Graves will be extinguished not earlier than 6 MONTHS after the date of the later of the two published notices in a newspaper circulating in Greater London OR the date on which the Notice is first displayed at the cemetery OR the date on which the Notice is served upon the owner, whichever is the later PROVIDED THAT if the registered owner or any person who is able to satisfy the Committee that they are the owner of the Graves serves a Notice of Objection giving grounds thereof BEFORE the expiry of 6 months as specified above that such right is not to be extinguished and FURTHER PROVIDED that the Notice of Objection has not been withdrawn then such rights will not be extinguished without the consent of the Secretary of State for the Environment

3. IF any person claiming to be the owner of the graves fails to satisfy the Committee that they are the owner then the matter may be determined on the application of either party to the Registrar of the consistory court of the diocese who shall make an order confirming whether or not the claimant is the owner of such right and as to the payment of the costs of the application

4. ANYclaimfor compensation by the registered owner or person satisfying the Committee thatthey are the owner must be made within 6 MONTHS from the extinguishment of the right. ANY compensation payable shall be a sum representing the value of the right as may be agreed between the registered owner and the Committee or failing agreement determined by arbitration NOTICE is hereby further given in pursuance of the powers contained in Article 16(2) and Schedule 3 of the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977 that the Committee intends to carry out at its own expense in those graves listed in section 1 above the following works:-

(a) Removal of headstone/cross/tablet

(b) Removal of kerbstones surrounding graves

(c) Removal of spar/chippings and associated foundations

Full particulars of the proposals and the reasons therefore can be obtained from the cemetery superintendent at Bandon Hill Cemetery, Cheam Park Depot, Tudor Close, Cheam, Surrey SM3 8QS Telephone 020 3876 8806
NOTICE is hereby further given that it is the intention of the Committee to begin to carry out the proposals on or after the 1st FEBRUARY 2022
Notice of objection to the execution of such works shall be given in writing stating the grounds thereof and the number of the grave to which the objection relates and should be delivered to the undersigned before the 31st JANUARY 2022
If notice of objection to a proposal and of the ground thereof is given before the above date the proposal to which the objection relates will NOT be carried out without the consent of the Secretary of State for the Environment unless the notice is withdrawn

Dated this 31stJuly 2021
Bandon Hill Cemetery Joint Committee Board