The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1953 Act” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953(1);

“the 1988 Act” means the Coroners Act 1988(2);

“the 2004 Act” means the Human Tissue Act 2004(3);

“applicant” means the person making an application for cremation in accordance with regulation 15;

“body parts” means material which consists of, or includes, human cells from—

(a)

a deceased person, whether or not separation from the body occurred before or after death; or

(b)

a stillborn child;

“cremation” means the burning of human remains;

“cremation authority” means any burial authority or any person who has opened a crematorium and, in article 3(a), includes any burial authority or person who intends to open a crematorium;

“deputy medical referee” means a person appointed under regulation 6(2);

“five years’ standing”, in relation to a registered medical practitioner, means that the medical practitioner—

(a)

has been a fully registered person within the meaning of section 55 of the Medical Act 1983(4) for at least five years; and

(b)

if paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002(5) has come into force, has held a licence to practise under the 1983 Act—

(i)

for at least five years; or

(ii)

since the coming into force of that paragraph;

“inquest” means an inquest into the death of a deceased person under section 8 of the 1988 Act;

“medical certificate” and “confirmatory medical certificate” are references to the certificates so named given in accordance with regulation 17(1) and (2) respectively;

“medical referee” means a person appointed under regulation 6(1);

“registrar” means a person appointed under regulation 31;

“stillborn” and “stillbirth” apply to any child born after the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy and which did not at any time after birth, breathe or show any other signs of life.

(2) In calculating the time periods referred to in regulations 22(3), 23(1)(d) and (2) and 32(2), any period must be disregarded if it falls on—

(a) a Saturday or a Sunday;

(b) Christmas Day or Good Friday; or

(c) a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(6) in England and Wales.

(1)

1953 c. 20.

(2)

1988 c. 13.

(3)

2004 c. 30.

(4)

1983 c. 54.

(5)

S.I. 2002/3135.

(6)

1971 c. 80.