{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2841",
  "legislation_title": "The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Cremation, England And Wales\nMade 22nd October 2008\nLaid before Parliament 3rd November 2008\nComing into force 1st January 2009\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": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1902 c. 8; section 7 was amended by section 2 of the Cremation Act 1952 (c.31) and Part 5 of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1949 (c.47) and was extended by section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c. 48)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2841/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."
}