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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/removal-of-bodies-regulations-1954/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1954/448",
  "legislation_title": "The Removal of Bodies Regulations 1954",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/removal-of-bodies-regulations-1954",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Every person intending to remove the body of a deceased person out of England shall give notice of his intention in the form set forth in the first schedule to these regulations, or in a form substantially to the like effect, to the coroner within whose jurisdiction the body is lying, and when the deceased person died in England and a certificate has been given by a registrar under section 24 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1953, or a coroner's order for burial or certificate for cremation has been issued, the certificate or order shall be delivered to the coroner with the notice.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1954/448/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:38:27.291349+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."
}