Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

85Duty to keep register

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(1)Each health authority must prepare and maintain a register containing—

(a)prescribed information about the burial or cremation, in pursuance of sections 69 to 84, of the remains of a fetus, and

(b)other prescribed information.

(2)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations—

(a)require a register kept under this section to be in a specified form and kept in a specified manner, or

(b)make such other provision relating to such a register as they consider appropriate.

(3)A register kept under this section must be kept indefinitely.

(4)In this section—

  • “health authority” means a Health Board or an independent health care service,

  • “specified” means specified in the regulations.