{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/31",
  "legislation_title": "Cremation Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the law relating to cremation; and for purposes connected therewith.\n[26th June 1952]",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) (4.4.2019) by Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 20), s. 112(2), sch. 2 (with s. 111); S.S.I. 2018/380, reg. 2, sch.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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of councils in Scotland under this Act transferred to and vested in islands or district councils by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 169(1)Act: powers transferred (1.7.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch.1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:37.311514+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."
}