1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Burial and Cremation (Pregnancy Loss Prescribed Information and Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 4 April 2019.
(2) In these Regulations unless otherwise specified, references to a section are to a section of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016.
(3) In these Regulations—
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1) and similar expressions are to be construed accordingly, and
“patient identifier” means a patient’s—
community health index number, or
where that number is not known, any other number or other indicator which from time to time may be used to identify a patient individually.
(4) A form set out in a schedule of these Regulations may be communicated electronically.
(5) A signature required as shown on a form set out in a schedule of these Regulations must—
(a)where an electronic form is used or a form is an electronic communication, be—
(i)a signature in digital ink, or
(ii)an image of a signature, or
(b)where a paper form is used, be a signature in ink,
and must be the signatory’s handwritten signature.
2000 c.7. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of schedule 17 of the Communications Act 2003 (c.21).