{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-15.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/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Application for cremation",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an application for cremation must be made to the cremation authority by—\n(a) an executor of the deceased person; or\n(b) a near relative who has attained the age of 16.\n(2) An application for cremation may be made by any other person if the medical referee is satisfied—\n(a) that the person is a proper person to make the application; and\n(b) as to the reason why the application is not made by an executor or a near relative who has attained the age of 16.\n(3) In this regulation, “near relative” means the widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased person, or a parent or child of the deceased person, or any other relative usually residing with the deceased person, or a parent of a stillborn child.",
  "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/15",
    "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."
}