{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-16.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/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Cremation of the remains of a deceased person",
  "text": "(1) No cremation of the remains of a deceased person may take place unless—\n(a) an application for cremation is made in accordance with regulation 15;\n(b) except where regulation 18 applies,—\n(i) a certificate is given under section 24(1), (2) or (4) of the 1953 Act (certificates as to registration of death) in relation to the death of the deceased person; or\n(ii) a certified copy of the entry in the relevant register is issued under sections 30 to 32 of the 1953 Act in relation to the death of the deceased person;\n(c) (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ii) where regulation 18 applies, a certificate is given by a coroner confirming that the body of the deceased person does not need to be retained for the purposes of an investigation by a coroner into the person’s death; or\n(iii) where the body of the deceased person has undergone an anatomical examination under the authority of a licence granted under the 2004 Act for that purpose , a certificate is given by a registered medical practitioner confirming that fact; and\n(d) written authority is given by a medical referee in accordance with regulation 23.\n(2) This regulation does not apply to the cremation of the exhumed remains of a deceased person who has already been buried for a period of one year or more.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 16(1)(c)(i) omitted (9.9.2024) by virtue of The Cremation, Coroners and Notification of Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/668), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1)(c)(ii) inserted (9.9.2024) by The Cremation, Coroners and Notification of Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/668), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(c)(iii) substituted (9.9.2024) by The Cremation, Coroners and Notification of Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/668), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(c)(i) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1)(c)(iii) inserted (9.9.2024) by The Cremation, Coroners and Notification of Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/668), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(c)(ii) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2841/regulation/16",
    "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."
}