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Part X
Provisions Applicable to Parts of Essex
A. Colchester
50.-(1) In this section-
"the Mersea Road crematorium" means the crematorium of the Colchester Council at Mersea Road, Colchester; and
"relevant house" means any house in existence at the date of the coming into operation of this Act.
(2) Section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902 (which requires the consent in writing of the owner, lessee or occupier of any dwelling-house to the construction of a crematorium nearer to such house than 200 yards) shall not apply to the alteration, extension or reconstruction of the Mersea Road crematorium within 200 yards of any relevant house.
(3) Nothing in this section shall authorise any alteration, extension or reconstruction of the Mersea Road crematorium whereby any part of the crematorium as altered, extended or reconstructed is nearer to any relevant house than was any part of the structure of the crematorium as it existed on the date of the coming into operation of this Act.
