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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-amendment-no-2-regulations-2022/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/611",
  "legislation_title": "The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-amendment-no-2-regulations-2022",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 set out the conditions that must be met before the body of a deceased person may be cremated.\nThese regulations amend the 2008 Regulations to reflect the changes to section 4 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) that were brought about by section 39 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35) and which allow a coroner to discontinue an investigation where a cause of death becomes clear before inquest, whether this is revealed by a post-mortem examination or by other information. These regulations enable a coroner who discontinues an investigation under section 4 of the 2009 Act (as amended) to issue a certificate of coroner (form Cremation 6) for the purposes of an application for cremation of the remains of the deceased. Form Cremation 6 is amended to provide an additional option for certification where an investigation has been discontinued because the cause of death has become clear whether by post-mortem examination or from other information.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/611/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:59:24.293110+00:00"
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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."
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