Explanatory Notes

Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 20

28 April 2016

Commentary on Sections

Part 1 – Burial

Exhumation

Section 31 – Exhumation register: offence

92.A burial authority commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, it fails to prepare and maintain an exhumation register as required by section 30(1) or (2). An authority that commits such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.