s.3(4)

Power to establish crematorium

3.-(1) The Merchants House may on the lands described in the Schedule to the Order set apart a site for and build provide fit up equip maintain and carry on a crematorium (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the crematorium") proper and sufficient for the cremation of human remains.

(2) The Merchants House may erect build and carry on adjoining or in connection with the crematorium convenient and suitable chapels for the reception of the dead immediately before cremation and for the purpose of performing burial services therein together with such lodges porches gardens colonnades columbaria or niches for the disposal of ashes and other buidlings matters and things for such purposes as the Merchants House may think proper.

(3) (a) Cremation of human remains shall not take place in the crematorium until the plans and site thereof have been approved by the Secretary of State and the Merchants House shall have certified to the Secretary of State that the crematorium has been completed and built in accordance with such plans and is properly equipped for the purpose of the disposal of human remains by cremation.

(b) Every cremation of human remains in the crematorium shall take place in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the Act of 1902 and any regulations made and in force under the Act of 1902 and those sections shall apply accordingly as though they were included in this Order with all necessary modifications.

(4) Section 5 of the Act of 1902 shall not apply in respect of the crematorium.

(5) The Merchants House may demand and take such reasonable charges or fees for the cremation of any human remains in the cremtorium as they think fit and such charges or fees shall be deemed to be part of the funeral expenses of the deceased.

(6) The Merchants House may apply to the purposes of this Order any funds or moneys which they now have or may hereafter have in their hands and which may not be specifically designated for any particular object.