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 77 172 271 409 490 604 643 651 664 PLOT B 2 109 146 162 193 291 372 373 393 PLOT C 139 151 155 187 228 279 386 582 PLOT D 98 PLOT E 10 166 183 201 232 304 PLOT F 10 109 138 PLOT G 8 11 12 14 15 18 19 22 24 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 49 50 52 54 55 57 58 59 61 63 64 68 73 74 76 78 79 85 86 90 91 92 93 94 95 101 103 104 107 108 111 113 115 118 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 130 134 135 138 139 140 144 146 150 151 152 153 155 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 168 170 174 176 177 178 180 181 182 183 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 196 199 200 202 203 205 206 209 211 216 219 222 223 224 225 227 230 236 237 238 239 241 245 246 247 248 251 252 253 255 256 259 260 263 264 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 274 276 277 279 PLOT H 1 2 5 6 9 10 17 19 20 22 26 28 29 30 32 34 35 36 37 39 40 43 45 47 51 52 53 56 59 60 61 62 66 67 70 71 72 73 75 78 80 83 84 86 87 88 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 98 99 100 101 102 103 105 108 109 111 113 114 115 118 119 120 122 124 126 127 129 130 135 139 140 141 143 146 147 148 152 154 156 157 158 159 161 162 163 164 166 168 170 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 184 186 187 188 1 91 193 1 95 1 99 200 202 203 204 208 213 214 215 216 219 220 222 223 224 225 226 228 229 230 231 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 244 251 252 254 256 257 258 262 264 265 266 267 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 277 278 279 281 282 284 286 288 290 292 294 295 297 298 300 303 309 310 312 314 317 318 321 324 327 328 330 332 334 335 340 PLOT I 8 41 85 PLOT J 52 82 254 297 375 394 404 408 460 PLOT L 372 PLOT M 102 PLOT N 83 106 215 261 318 334 PLOT O 42 48 202 254 288 PLOT P 198 251 321 365 384 392 PLOT Q 115 145 159 161 210 212 278 377 403 407 468 PLOT R 38 44 46 47 48 60 67 81 82 87 88 90 105 108 109 115 124 128 131 132 150 153 167 171 187 188 209 212 230 234 235 248 250 254 271 273 275 276 277 278 296 297 299 317 334 335 338 353 354 PLOT XA 119 142 PLOT XC 81 83 106 126 127 131

("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. ANY claim for compensation by the registered owner or person satisfying the Committee that they 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 Plough Lane Wallington Surrey SM6 8JQ Telephone 0208 647 1024

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 2018 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 2018 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 20th July 2017 Sharon Major Clerk and Registrar to the Bandon Hill Cemetery Joint Committee