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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Opening and closing of crematorium",
  "text": "A cremation authority must,—\n(a) at least one month before it opens or closes a crematorium, give written notice of its intention to do so to the Secretary of State; and\n(b) at least one month before it closes a crematorium, give notice of its intention to do so by—\n(i) publishing an advertisement in a local newspaper circulating in the place where the crematorium is situated; and\n(ii) displaying a notice at the entrance to the crematorium in a place where it can be conveniently read.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}