Regulation 5 Amendment to the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

In the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008^f1—

(a)

in section 86A(5)(c) (public health protection regulations), for “or cremation” substitute “, cremation or hydrolysis”,

(b)

in section 86G(4)(e) (special restrictions and requirements), for “or cremated” substitute “, cremated or hydrolysed”,

(c)

in section 90(8) (restriction on release of infected etc. bodies from hospital)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), for “or cremation”, substitute “, cremation or hydrolysis”,

(ii)

in paragraph (b), for “or cremation”, substitute “, cremation or hydrolysis”,

(d)

in section 124 (interpretation), after the definition of “hospital” insert—

““hydrolysis” has the meaning given in section 107 of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016^f2; and “hydrolysed” is to be construed accordingly,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2008 asp 5. Sections 86A and 86G were inserted by section 1 of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8).
f2: 2016 asp 20, as amended by S.S.I. 2026/XXX.