{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/20",
  "legislation_title": "Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Private burial register: offence",
  "text": "(1) A local authority commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the authority contravenes section 23(1) by failing to prepare or maintain a private burial register.\n(2) A local authority which commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/20/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:27.457406+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."
}