{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1936/section-198",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1936/section-198.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/49",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health Act 1936",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1936",
  "path": "section/198",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "198",
  "heading": "Provision of mortuaries and post-mortem rooms.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority or a parish council may, and if required by the Minister shall, provide—\n(a) a mortuary for the reception of dead bodies before interment;\n(b) a post-mortem room for the reception of dead bodies during the time required to conduct any post-mortem examination ordered by a coroner or other duly authorised authority;\nand may make byelaws with respect to the management, and charges for the use, of any such place provided by them.\n(2) A local authority or parish council may provide for the interment of any dead body which may be received into their mortuary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/49/section/198",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:55.147062+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."
}