Cremation (Amendment) Regulations 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1985/153 |
| Year | 1985 |
1985 No. 153
CREMATION
The Cremation (Amendment) Regulations 19859thFebruary 1985
19thFebruary 1985
1stApril 1985
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902(a), I hereby make the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cremation (Amendment) Regulations 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1985.
2. In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902 and section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 and dated 28th October 1930(b).
3. After Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following Regulation:—
"8A.—(1) A confirmatory medical certificate in Form "C" is not required where—
(a) the death of the deceased occurred in a hospital and the deceased was an in-patient there; and
(b) a post-mortem examination has been made by a medical practitioner qualified as prescribed in Regulation 9 and the medical practitioner who gives the certificate in Form "B" knows the results of that examination before giving his certificate.
(2) In this Regulation "hospital" means any institution for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness or mental disorder, any maternity home, and any institution for the reception and treatment of persons during convalescence.".
4. In Regulations 12(6) and 12A(2) of the principal Regulations (which provide for the Secretary of State by order under his hand to authorise the medical referee to allow cremation without the requisite certificates) the words "under his hand" shall be omitted.
(a) 1902 c. 8; section 7 was amended by section 2 of the Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31) and was extended by section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c. 48).
(b) S.R. & O. 1930/1016, amended by S.I. 1952/1568, 1965/1146 and 1979/1138.
5. In Form B in the Schedule to the principal Regulations (form of certificate of medical attendant)—
(a) after the entry numbered 8 there shall be inserted the following entry:—
"8A. If the deceased died in a hospital* at which he was an in-patient, has a post-mortem examination been made by a registered medical practitioner of not less than five years' standing who is neither a relative of the deceased nor a relative or partner of yours and are the results of that examination known to you?";
(b) in the Note at the end of the Form there shall be inserted at the end...
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