# The Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 2019, Regulation 5: Operation of cremator


(1) This regulation applies where a cremation is carried out.
(2) A cremation authority must ensure that—
(a) the remains of only one adult, child, still-born child or fetus are placed in the cremator, and
(b) at the end of the burning process the remains are raked into the cooling tray before the remains of another adult, child, still born child or fetus are placed in the cremator for cremation.
(3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to—
(a) a joint cremation, or
(b) a shared cremation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2019/9780111040416/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-cremation-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-5
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