{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-amendment-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-amendment-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/58",
  "legislation_title": "The Cremation (Amendment) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CREMATION, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 13th January 2000\nLaid before Parliament 20th January 2000\nComing into force 14th February 2000\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1902 c. 8; section 7 was amended by section 2 of the Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31) and was extended by section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c. 48). In the case of Scotland, the power under section 7 has been devolved by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/58/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}