Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016
Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (2016 asp 20)
- Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (2016 asp 20)
- PART 1 Burial
- Burial grounds
- 1 Meaning of “burial ground”
- 2 Meaning of “burial authority”
- 3 Provision of burial ground: local authority
- 4 Provision of burial ground outwith local authority area
- 5 Joint provision of burial ground
- 6 Management of burial ground
- 7 Right to erect building
- Burial in burial ground
- 8 Application to carry out burial
- 9 Unauthorised burial: offences
- 10 Burial register
- 11 Burial register: offence
- 12 Right of burial
- 13 Duty to sell right of burial
- 14 Duration and extension of right of burial
- 15 Commonwealth War Graves Commission: right of burial
- 16 Right of burial: notification of pending extinguishment
- 17 Register of rights of burial
- 18 Registers under section 17: offence
- 19 Right to erect headstone
- 20 Fees for burials
- 21 Burial authority: code of practice
- Private burial
- 22 Private burial
- 23 Private burial register
- 24 Private burial: offences
- 25 Private burial register: offence
- Offence
- 26 Burial other than in burial ground: offence
- Exhumation
- 27 Exhumation of human remains
- 28 Exhumation application: offences
- 29 Appeal to sheriff
- 30 Exhumation register
- 31 Exhumation register: offence
- Lair: restoration to use
- 32 Restoration to use of lair: consultation
- 33 Notification: right-holder
- 34 Notification where right-holder cannot be found
- 35 Section 34: effect of objection
- 36 Extinguishment of right
- 37 Restoration to use
- 38 Restoration to use without extinguishment of right
- 39 Right-holder's right to object
- 40 Restoration to use on request of right-holder
- 41 Headstones
- 42 Register of restored lairs
- 43 Register of restored lairs: offence
- 44 Guidance
- PART 2 Cremation
- Cremation
- 45 Meaning of “cremation” and “ashes”
- 46 Provision of crematorium: local authority
- 47 Cremation authority: duties
- 48 Application for cremation
- 49 Section 48: offences
- 50 Requirements for carrying out cremation
- Handling of ashes
- 51 Duty of cremation authority before carrying out cremation
- 52 Duty of cremation authority following cremation
- 53 Failure to collect ashes
- 54 Power of funeral director in relation to ashes
- 55 Duties of cremation authority where ashes returned
- 56 Handling of ashes: regulations
- Register
- 57 Cremation register
- 58 Cremation register: offence
- Crematorium: further requirements
- 59 New crematorium: notice
- 60 Section 59: offences
- 61 Closure of crematorium
- 62 Section 61: offence
- Fees
- 63 Fees for cremation and other services
- Code of practice
- 64 Cremation authority: code of practice
- PART 3 Arrangements
- Adults and children
- 65 Arrangements on death of adult
- 66 Arrangements on death of child
- 67 Arrangements under sections 65 and 66
- 68 Sections 65 and 66: application to sheriff
- Pregnancy loss after 24 weeks
- 69 Arrangements on termination of pregnancy after 24 weeks
- 70 Section 69: health body authorised to make arrangements
- 71 Section 69: no arrangements
- 72 Duty of health body where still-birth likely to occur
- 73 Section 72: health body authorised to make arrangements
- 74 Arrangements on still-birth
- 75 Section 74: power of appropriate health body
- 76 Section 74: general power of appropriate health body
- Pregnancy loss on or before 24 weeks
- 77 Duty of health body where pregnancy loss likely to occur
- 78 Section 77: health body authorised to make arrangements
- 79 Arrangements on pregnancy loss on or before 24 weeks
- 80 Change in arrangements
- 81 Individual authorised to make arrangements
- 82 Duty to transfer remains
- 83 Appropriate health authority authorised to make arrangements
- 84 Duty of appropriate health authority
- Pregnancy losses: general
- 85 Duty to keep register
- 86 Register under section 85: offence
- Local authority functions
- 87 Burial, cremation or hydrolysis: duty of local authority
- 88 Expenses of attending funeral
- PART 4 Inspection
- 89 Appointment of inspectors
- 90 Inspections: regulations
- 91 Powers of entry and inspection
- 92 Section 91: offences
- 93 Reports
- PART 5 Funeral directors
- 94 Funeral directors' businesses: licensing
- 95 Licensing scheme: regulations
- 96 Licence for funeral director's business: offences
- 97 Funeral director: code of practice
- PART 6 Miscellaneous
- Guidance on funeral costs
- 98 Guidance on funeral costs
- Powers to modify enactments
- 99 Power to extend application of Act
- 100 Power to suspend or modify certain enactments
- Acquisition of land
- 101 Acquisition of land
- PART 7 General
- 102 Information and registers to be kept in electronic form
- 103 Offences by bodies corporate etc.
- 104 Regulations: consultation requirements
- 105 Regulations under section 95(1): requirements
- 106 Regulations: parliamentary procedure
- 107 Interpretation
- 108 Ancillary provision
- 109 Minor and consequential amendments
- 110 Repeals
- 111 Crown application
- 112 Commencement
- 113 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
- Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008
- SCHEDULE 2 REPEALS
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