{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/31",
  "legislation_title": "Cremation Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Restriction on use of new crematoria.",
  "text": "(1) No human remains shall be burned in any crematorium established after the commencement of this Act . . . until the crematorium has been certified to the Secretary of State by the burial authority or other person by whom it is established to be complete, . . . and to be properly equipped for the purposes of the disposal of human remains by burning.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XVI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(2) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XVI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 1(3) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194, Sch. 34 Pt. XVI"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/31/section/1",
    "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."
}