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Regulation 41 I1

England and Wales

In section 46 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (burial and cremation), for subsection (2)f1 substitute—

“(2)

Any council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 may cause to be buried or cremated the body of any deceased person who immediately before his death was being provided with accommodation under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.

(2A)

A local authority within the meaning of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 may cause to be buried or cremated the body of any deceased person who immediately before his death was being provided with accommodation under Part 4 of that Act.”

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 41 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)

Footnotes

f1

Section 46(2) was amended by S.I. 2015/914, Schedule, paragraph 34(a) and (b).