Section 18 Medical reviewers to authorise cremation or hydrolysisF8

Scotland

I1(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

a person (“A”) died outwith F1the United Kingdom, and

(b)

it is intended that A be cremated F2or hydrolysed in Scotland.

(2)

A medical reviewer must, on an application by a person who wishes to arrange the cremation F3or hydrolysis of A, determine whether it is safe for A's body to be cremated F4or hydrolysed.

(3)

If the medical reviewer determines that it is safe for A's body to be cremated F5or hydrolysed, the medical reviewer must give the applicant a certificate authorising the cremation F6or hydrolysis.

I2 I3(4)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about—

(a)

the form and content of applications under subsection (2),

(b)

the procedure to be followed by medical reviewers in relation to applications under subsection (2),

(c)

the form and content of the certificate authorising the cremation F7or hydrolysis to be given under subsection (3).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 18(1)(a) substituted (22.7.2026) by Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Act 2026 (asp 13), ss. 20(3), 24(2); S.S.I. 2026/206, reg. 2, sch.
F2: Words in s. 18(1)(b) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(i)
F3: Words in s. 18(2) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(ii)(aa)
F4: Words in s. 18(2) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(ii)(bb)
F5: Words in s. 18(3) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(iii)(aa)
F6: Words in s. 18(3) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(iii)(bb)
F7: Words in s. 18(4)(c) inserted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(iv)
F8: S. 18 heading substituted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 6(b)(v)

Commencement

I1: S. 18(1)-(3) in force at 13.5.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3
I2: S. 18(4) in force at 25.3.2015 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 2, Sch.
I3: S. 18(4) in force at 13.5.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3

Notes on Deaths outwith the United Kingdom

Textual amendments

F1: S. 17 cross-heading substituted (22.7.2026) by Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Act 2026 (asp 13), ss. 20(4), 24(2); S.S.I. 2026/206, reg. 2, sch.