Statutory Instruments
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—
the removal of any metal, and
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
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.
S.I. 2008/2841 ; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2013/1869 .