Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

Prospective

31Exhumation register: offenceS

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(1)An appropriate authority commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the authority contravenes section 30(1) or (2) by failing to prepare or maintain an exhumation register.

(2)An appropriate authority which commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3)In this section, “appropriate authority” has the meaning given by section 30(9).