# The Burial and Cremation (Applications and Registers) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 8 of the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 2019


In regulation 8(3) (application for cremation) of the Cremation Regulations, for sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) substitute—
“(a) the cremation of an adult or child (other than an application made by a local authority) must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 1,
(ii) contain the information specified in sections 1 to 5 of that form,
(iii) be accompanied by the relevant documentation specified in that form,
(b) the cremation of a still-born child must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 2,
(ii) contain the information specified in sections 1 to 5 of that form,
(iii) be accompanied by the relevant documentation specified in that form,
(c) the cremation of a fetus, where an individual is making arrangements for the cremation of the fetus, must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 3,
(ii) contain the information specified in sections 1 to 5 of that form,
(iii) be accompanied by the relevant documentation specified in that form,
(d) the cremation of a fetus, where a person other than an individual is making arrangements for the cremation under Part 3 of the Act, must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 4,
(ii) contain the information specified in sections 1 to 3 of that form,
(iii) be accompanied by the relevant documentation specified in that form,
(e) the cremation of an adult or child made by a local authority by virtue of section 87 (burial, cremation or hydrolysis: duty of local authority) of the Act must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 5,
(ii) contain the information specified in sections 1 to 6 of that form,
(iii) be accompanied by the relevant documentation specified in that form,
(f) the cremation of a body part or parts following a post-mortem examination (other than a post-mortem examination carried out for the purposes of the functions, or under the authority, of the procurator fiscal) must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 6,
(ii) contain the information specified in sections 3 and 4 of that form,
(iii) be accompanied by the relevant documentation specified in that form,
(g) the cremation of a body, body part or body parts following anatomical examination where authority was given under section 4(2) (lawful examinations) or section 4A(1) (lawful examinations: imported bodies) of the Anatomy Act 1984 for the person’s body to be used for anatomical examination must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 6,
(ii) contain the information specified—
(aa) for the cremation of a whole body, in sections 1 and 4 of that form, or
(bb) for the cremation of a body part or body parts, in sections 2 and 4 of that form, and
(iii) be accompanied by the relevant documentation specified in that form,
(h) the cremation of a body part or parts following anatomical examination where the deceased died before 14 February 1988 must—
(i) be in the form set out in schedule 7,
(ii) contain the information specified in sections 1 and 2 of that form.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/360/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-applications-and-registers-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-2
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