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2016 No. 883

Cremation, England And Wales

The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made

6th September 2016

Laid before Parliament

8th September 2016

Coming into force

1st October 2016

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902( 1 ):

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st October 2016.

Amendment of the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008

2.The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008( 2 ) are amended as follows.

3. In regulation 2(1) in the appropriate place insert—

“ “ashes” means all the material left in the cremator after a cremation, and following—

(a)

the removal of any metal, and

(b)

any subsequent grinding or other process which is applied to the material; ” .

4. Omit regulation 34(2).

5. In regulation 35(1) omit “or 34(2)”.

Dr Phillip Lee

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

6th September 2016

( 1 )

1902 c.8 . Section 7 was amended by Part 5 of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1949 (c.47) , and by section 2(1) and (2) of the Cremation Act 1952 (c.31) . By virtue of section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c.48) , the power to make regulations under section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902 includes a power to make regulations for the purpose of applying the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 to cases where human remains are disposed of by cremation.

( 2 )

S.I. 2008/2841 ; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2013/1869 .

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The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (2016/883)

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