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REGULATIONS, DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1914, MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE CREMATION Act, 1902 (2 EDW. , c. 8).(*)
In pursuance of Section 7 of the Cremation Act 1902, 1 hereby make the following Regulations amending the Regulations made under that Section by the Secretary of State on 31st March, 1903:
1. In Regulation 12, the following words shall be added at the end of paragraph (6):- "Provided that if in any case to which the foregoing rule applies it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that by reason of any special circumstances it is impracticable or undesirable that an inquest shall be held he may by order under his hand authorize the medical referee to allow the cremation without an inquest being held and certificate given by the coroner."
2. At the end Regulation 12, the following words shall be added:- "In any such case the Secretary of State may by order under his hand authorize the medical referee to allow the cremation without the production of a Certificate of Registry of Death."
3. In Form B (Certificate of Medical Attendant) after question 9 the following question is inserted:
"9A. Was there any other cause which contributed to or accelerated death? If so, state it, and if more than one other cause, state them all."
4. In Form B (Certificate of Medical Attendant) and Form C (Confirmatory Medical Certificate) the last line is amended so as to read "and there is no circumstance of any sort known to me which makes in undesirable that the body should be cremated."
R. McKenna,
One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
16th September, 1914
(*) These Regulations having been laid before both Houses of Parliament for 40 days, came into force on December 20th, 1914.
