The Rules And Regulations For Craufurdland Pastures

The rules and regulations for Craufurdland Pastures are formally detailed below, however they are in place to ensure that the 'Pastures' are treated with repect and care by all, and are not intended to be restrictive.

Rules and Regulations regarding the Operation and Management of Private Pet Burial Ground at Craufurdland Pastures, Midland Farm, Fenwick, Ayrshire, KA3 6BY

  1. Recitals

    1. Craufurdland Limited, having its registered office at 8 Avenue Street, Stewarton, Ayrshire, KA3 5AP (the "Company") is the heritable proprietor of the Pet Burial Ground at Craufurdland Pastures, Midland Farm, Fenwick, Ayrshire, KA3 6BY as shown on the attached location plan (the "Pet Cemetery Ground").
    2. The Company has issued and will issue Certificates granting to individuals an exclusive right of burial a named domestic pet (the "Pet") within the Pet Burial Ground.
    3. It is right and proper that the Company make and enact these Rules and Regulations for the general management and control of the Pet Burial Ground (the "Rules").
    4. Each Certificate issued by the Company (the "Certificate") is issued subject to the Rules.

  2. Exclusive right of burial

    1. A purchaser of an exclusive right of burial of a domestic pet within the Pet Burial Ground shall, on payment of the sum of the agreed fee, (starting at £125), be furnished with a Certificate, which shall confer the exclusive right of pet burial for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase. Production of the Certificate will be taken as authority to exercise such right.
    2. One person only shall be registered as the holder of a Certificate (the "Owner").
    3. The Owner will not be able to sell the Certificate or transfer it or assign it except back to the Company.
    4. Where a Certificate is lost or defaced by the Owner, the Company will issue a duplicate in exchange for a fee of £50.

  3. Forfeiture

    1. Failing the interment of the specified pet within the period of 1 year from the date of signature by the Owner of the Certificate, the right under the Certificate shall lapse automatically and no notice thereof will require to be given by the Company nor shall any liability attach to the Company.

  4. Interment

    1. On the occasion of the death of the Pet, the Owner should advise the Company of the intended burial and arrange a suitable time for the interment.
    2. The body of the pet may not be embalmed.

  5. Records

    1. The Company shall keep adequate records in which shall be entered every interment, specifying the plot number, the date of interment, and the name of the Owner and Pet.
    2. A plan of the Burial Ground shall be kept at the entrance.

  6. Funeral Arrangements

    1. Coffins, must be made of pine, wicker or cardboard and metal handles and/or plaques are expressly prohibited as is the use or inclusion of anything other than biodegradable materials. Any enquiry in respect of this matter should be directed to the Company.
    2. The Company may, if requested by the Owner, assist in the making and implementation of such funeral arrangements as may be necessary or appropriate but, in the event of the Company so doing, additional charges will be incurred and the Owner shall be advised accordingly prior to the day of intended interment.
    3. In order to minimise damage and disturbance to the Burial Ground, only close family and friends may attend the interment.

  7. Memorials

    1. No tomb, monument, memorial stone or otherwise may be erected on the plot or within the Burial Ground. If wished, the Owner may lay a wooden or stone plaque on which there is engraved the name and date of death of the Pet but such plaque shall not exceed 6 inches by 6 inches by 1 inch and shall be laid within the plot flush with the ground level so as not to impede or restrict the grass-cutting or other maintenance activities of the Company.
    2. Wooden crosses, kerbs, copes, railings, fences, gravel, corner-stones etc or any other such ornamental addition to the plot is strictly prohibited as is the placing on the plot of artificial wreaths or flowers.
    3. The Company, at its own expense, shall plant, at a suitable time in the season, woodland bulbs, trees or shrubs between the plots where the tree or shrubs are at the choice of the Company.
    4. In the event of the Owner so wishing, additional planting on the plot may be permitted by the Company in advance and in writing.

  8. Maintenance

    1. The maintenance of the Burial Ground shall be entirely a matter for the Company, it being declared that the intention of the Company is that the Burial Ground shall, over the years, become a natural woodland area.

  9. General

    1. The Burial Ground shall remain open at all times unless closed by the Company in cases of emergency or to permit of essential maintenance works.
    2. No person shall enter or leave the Burial Ground except by the entrances and exits provided for that purpose. Gates should be closed immediately after entry and exit.
    3. Children under 16 years of age visiting the Burial Ground must be accompanied by an adult.
    4. Any pet taken into the Burial Ground, inclusive of a Guide Dog shall be kept under control and be on lead at all times.
    5. At the time of the Company making the Rules, no Value Added or similar tax, duty or levy ("tax") need be applied to any payment whether under a Certificate or under the Rules ("a payment"). If, as a consequence of subsequent legislation, any tax shall be applicable to a payment, a payment shall be deemed to be exclusive of tax and the tax shall be paid to the Company by the Holder or by the Responsible Person, as the case may be.
    6. The car parking facilities at the Burial Ground are limited and must be used responsibly in the interests of all. Instructions from the Company regarding the use of the car park must be complied with. All vehicles must be driven carefully within the Burial Ground, only within the designated areas, and at a speed not exceeding 5 miles per hour. The Company shall not be responsible or liable for any damage to vehicles, howsoever arising and vehicles entering the Burial Ground are driven at the risk of the owner/driver.

  10. Nuisance

    1. No person shall:

      1. use any profane or offensive language or behave in an offensive, disorderly or insulting manner within the Burial Ground;
      2. wilfully or carelessly obstruct, disturb or interrupt an officer or servant of the Company in the exercise of his duties;
      3. wilfully or improperly interfere with any other person visiting the Burial Ground;
      4. disobey any instruction given by an officer or servant of the Company to ensure the safety and comfort of persons using the Burial Ground;
      5. bring into the Burial Ground any object which may be considered by the Company to be dangerous or offensive; or
      6. climb upon any tree or walk through or over any plant or shrub.
    2. Cycling, skateboarding, roller-blading or any such similar activity is expressly prohibited within the Burial Ground.

  11. Contravention

    1. Should an officer or servant of the Company have reasonable grounds for believing that a person has contravened, is contravening or is about to contravene any of the Rules, he may expel that person from the Burial Ground.

  12. Variation of the Rules

    1. The Company shall be at liberty to alter the Rules from time to time as it shall think fit and to make and enforce such other rules as it may consider necessary or desirable for the proper or better management of the Burial Ground but shall not be entitled to reduce its obligations under the Rules or reduce or restrict the rights of the Holder or, where appropriate, of the Responsible Person.