{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1238",
  "legislation_title": "The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Cremation, England And Wales\nMade 18th December 2017\nLaid before Parliament 21st December 2017\nComing into force 6th April 2018\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1902 c.8. Section 7 was amended by Part 5 of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1949 (c.47) and by section 2(1) and (2) of the Cremation Act 1952 (c.31). By virtue of section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c.48), the power to make regulations under section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902 includes a power to make regulations for the purpose of applying the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 to cases where human remains are disposed of by cremation."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1238/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:04:57.776030+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."
}