{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-26.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/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Burial other than in burial ground: offence",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person knowingly to bury human remains unless—\n(a) the burial is carried out in a burial ground in accordance with section 8, or\n(b) the burial is a private burial carried out in accordance with section 22.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both.",
  "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/26",
    "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."
}