Section 7 Regulations as to burning.C1C2
England, Wales and Scotland
The Secretary of State shall make regulations as to the maintenance and inspection of crematoria, and prescribing in what cases and under what conditions the burning of any human remains may take place, and directing the disposition or interment of the ashes, F1and prescribing the forms of the notices, certificates and F2applications to be given or made before any such burning is permitted to take place F3... and also regulations as to the registration of such burnings as have taken place. F4F5Each such application shall be verified in such manner as the Secretary of State may by such regulations prescribe ... All statutory provisions relating to the destruction and falsification of registers of burials, and the admissibility of extracts therefrom as evidence in courts and otherwise, shall apply to the register of burnings directed by such regulations to be kept F6...
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 7 repealed (S.) (13.5.2015) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), s. 32(3), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a); S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3
- F2
Word in s. 7 substituted by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31) s. 2(1)
- F3
Words in s. 7 repealed by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31), s. 2(1)(2)
- F4
Words in s. 7 repealed (S.) (13.5.2015) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), s. 32(3), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b); S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3
- F5
Words in s. 7 inserted by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31), s. 2(1)
- F6
Words in s. 7 repealed by Finance Act 1949 (c. 47), Sch. 11 Pt. V
Modifications
- C1
S. 7 extended (E.W.) by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c. 48), s. 10; amended by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31), s. 2(2)
- C2
S. 7 restricted (1.10.2023) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 20(6), 182(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2023/1036, art. 2(b)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (S.) (4.4.2019) by Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 20), s. 112(2), sch. 2 (with s. 111); S.S.I. 2018/380, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 8)