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THE CREMAT1ON REGULATIONS, 1927, DATED MAY 6, 1927, MADE, BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE CREMATION ACT 1902 (2 EDW. 7. C. 8), AND SECTION 10 OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT, 1926 (16 & 17 GEO 5. c. 48).
In pursuance of Section 7 of the Cremation Act, 1902, and Section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926, 1 hereby make the following regulations.
In these Regulations "The Principal Regulations" means the Regulations made by the Secretary of State under Section 7 of the Cremation Act, 1902, on 26th April. 1920.(a)
"The Registrar" means the Registrar appointed in pursuance of Regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations.
"The Act of 1926" means the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
1. These Regulations shall apply to any cremation of human remains which takes place after 30th June, 1927.
2. The following regulation shall he substituted for Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations:-
"6. Except where an inquest has been held and a certificate given by a Coroner in Form E (see Regulation 8), no cremation shall be allowed until the death of the deceased has been duly registered or a certificate has been given in pursuance of section 2(2) of the Act of 1926 that the death of the deceased is not required by law to be registered in England.
3. Regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations shall be amended as follows :-
(1) The following paragraph shall be substituted for the paragraph numbered (2):-
"(2) He shall not, (except where an inquest has been held and a certificate given by a Coroner in Form E) allow any cremation to take place unless he is satisfied -
(a) by the production of certificate in pursuance of Section 2(1) of the Act of 1926 that the death of the deceased has been duly registered; or
(b) by the production of a certificate in pursuance of Section 2(2) of the Act of 1926 that the death of the deceased is not required by law to be registered in England.
The production of a duplicate which has been duly issued in pursuance of Section 2(4) of the Act of 1926 may be accepted in lieu of the production of the original certificate under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2)."
(2) In the last paragraph of the Regulation the words "a certificate of registry of death of" shall be omitted.
4.The following paragraph shall be added at the end of Regulation 15 of the Principal Regulations:-
"but before permitting such cremation the Medical Referee shall, except where an inquest has been held and a certificate given by a Coroner in Form E, require the production of a certificate in pursuance of Section 7(4) of the Act of 1926 that the still-birth has been duly registered."
5. Any certificate given by a Coroner in the Form E in the Schedule to the Principal Regulations shall have attached thereto a detachable portion (which shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations) for use by the registrar in pursuance of the following Regulation.
6.-(1) (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Regulation the registrar shall, within ninety-six hours of the cremation of the body of any deceased person, send to the registrar of births and deaths for the sub-district in which the death took place or, if the death took elsewhere than in England, to the registrar of births and deaths for the sub-district in which the crematorium is situated, a notification of the cremation of the body and of the date and place of such cremation.
(b) Where the body has been cremated without inquest, the notification shall be sent in the manner for the time being prescribed by the Registrar-General under the Act of 1926, for notifications under Section 8(1) of that Act.**
(c) Where the body has been cremated after inquest, such notification as aforesaid shall be sent upon the detachable portion of the certificate given by the coroner in Form E.
(2). This Regulation shall not apply to any cremation of human remains which has taken place under Regulation 13 of the Principal Regulations.
(3) Where any cremation of human remains has taken place under Regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations, the registrar shall (subject to the provisions of any order made by the Secretary of State under that regulation) within 96 hours of the cremation forward to the Registrar-General a copy of the relative entry in the Register of Cremations together with particulars of the place of death of the deceased and the cause of death as established to the satisfaction of the medical referee.
7. These Regulations may be cited as the Cremation Regulations, 1927, and the Regulations made by the Secretary of State on the 26th April, 1920, and the 23rd June, 1925,(b) may, together with these Regulations, be cited as the Cremation Regulations, 1920-1927.
W. Joynson-Hicks,
One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Home Office
6th May, 1927.
NOTIFICATION OF CREMATION
For use by the Registrar appointed by the Cremation Authority.)
This is to notify that the body of .....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................................................
deceased, who died on .................................................................................................................................
at ..................................................................................................................................................................
was cremated on (a) .....................................................................................................................................
at (b) ............................................................................................................................................................
Witness my hand this .....................................................................................................................................
day of ............................................................................... 19 ......................................................................
(Signature) ....................................................................................................................................................
on behalf of ...................................................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................................................................
(a) Here state date of cremation.
(b) Here state place of cremation.
* These Regulations (having been laid before both Houses of Parliament for 40 days came into force on June 19th, 1927
** Regulation 87(1) of the Registration (Births, Stillbirths, Deaths and Marriages) Consolidated Regulations, 1927 S.R. & 0. 1927 No. 485, see p. 1564 below) requires the notification to be made upon the portion, provided for the purpose, of the certificate issued by the registrar of births and deaths under Section 2 of the Act of 1926.
(a) S.R. & 0. 1920 (No. 1286) 1, p. 434
(b) S.R. & O. 1925 (No. 761) p. 209.
