Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Explanatory Notes

Section 85 – Duty to keep a register

231.Each Health Board and independent health care service is required to keep and maintain a register relating to the disposal of pregnancy losses, which must be kept indefinitely. The register will contain information that has been prescribed in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers. The regulations may also set out the form and manner in which the register is to be maintained.

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