Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 361 (C. 18)
Cremation, England And Wales
Cremation, Northern Ireland
Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc.
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020
Made
26th March 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 87(2)(g), (h) and (i) of the Coronavirus Act 2020( 1 ), and with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020.
(2) In these Regulations, “the 2020 Act” means the Coronavirus Act 2020 .
Provisions of the 2020 Act coming into force immediately after making
2. The following provisions of the 2020 Act come into force immediately after these Regulations are made—
(a) section 18 and schedule 13 (registration of deaths and still-births etc.);
(b) section 19 (confirmatory medical certificate not required for cremations: England and Wales); and
(c) section 21 (modifications of requirements regarding medical certificates for cremations: Northern Ireland).
Priti Patel
Secretary of State
Home Office
26th March 2020