Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Scotland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 1 March 2025.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016,
“adult” means a person who is 16 years of age or over,
“child” means a person (other than a still-born child) who is under 16 years of age,
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) (general interpretation) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000^f1 and similar expressions are to be construed accordingly.

(3)

A form set out in a schedule of these Regulations and any accompanying information, documents or certificates may be communicated electronically.

(4)

A signature required as shown on a form set out in a schedule of these Regulations must, where—

(a)

an electronic form is used or a form is an electronic communication, be—

(i)

a signature in digital ink, or

(ii)

an image of a signature,

(b)

a paper form is used, be a signature in ink,

and must be the signatory’s handwritten signature.

Annotations

f1: 2000 c. 7. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of schedule 17 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).