{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-10.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": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Functions of deputy medical referee",
  "text": "(1) The functions of the medical referee for a cremation authority may—\n(a) be performed by a deputy medical referee for the cremation authority—\n(i) during any period when the medical referee is absent or unavailable;\n(ii) in any case in which the medical referee has been the usual medical attendant of the deceased person in relation to whom an application for cremation has been made;\n(iii) during any vacancy in the office of medical referee; or\n(iv) in any other case, with the consent of the medical referee; and\n(b) be performed by a medical referee or a deputy medical referee for any other cremation authority in an emergency.\n(2) Accordingly, a reference in these Regulations to a medical referee is to be read, where relevant, as including a deputy medical referee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2841/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:39.183802+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."
}