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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-5-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2023/145",
  "legislation_title": "The Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-5-regulations-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Burial\nCremation\nMade 11th May 2023\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 15th May 2023\nComing into force 2nd June 2023\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 112(2) and (3) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2016 asp 20."
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:45:23.597355+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}