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The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART 2 Modification of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

    1. 2.Application of Part 2 of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 to hydrolysis

    2. 3.Amendments to the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

  4. PART 3 Miscellaneous consequential amendments

    1. 4.Amendment to the Anatomy Act 1984

    2. 5.Amendment to the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

    3. 6.Amendment to the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011

    4. 7.Amendment to the City of Edinburgh District Council Order Confirmation Act 1991

    5. 8.Amendment to the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

    6. 9.Amendment to the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorisation of Cremation – Death Outwith Scotland) Regulations 2015

    7. 10.Amendment to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (Prohibition on Disposal of a Body without Authorisation) Regulations 2015

    8. 11.Amendment to the Burial and Cremation (Pregnancy Loss Prescribed Information and Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

    9. 12.Amendment to the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 2019

    10. 13.Amendment to the Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019

    11. 14.Amendment to the Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

    12. 15.Amendment to the Burial (Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2025

    13. 16.Amendment to the Burial and Cremation (Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 2025

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Application of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 in relation to hydrolysis

      1. 1.Modifications to Part 2 of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

      2. 2.Omission of section 45

      3. 3.Provision of hydrolysis facility: local authority

      4. 4.Hydrolysis authority: duties

      5. 5.Application for hydrolysis

      6. 6.Requirements for carrying out hydrolysis

      7. 7.Duty of hydrolysis authority before carrying out hydrolysis

      8. 8.Duty of hydrolysis authority following hydrolysis

      9. 9.Failure to collect powder

      10. 10.Power of funeral director in relation to powder

      11. 11.Duties of hydrolysis authority where powder returned

      12. 12.Handling of powder: regulations

      13. 13.Hydrolysis register

      14. 14.Hydrolysis register: offence

      15. 15.New hydrolysis facility: notice

      16. 16.Closure of hydrolysis facility

      17. 17.Closure of hydrolysis facility: offence

      18. 18.Fees for hydrolysis and other services

      19. 19.Hydrolysis authority: code of practice

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Amendment of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016

      1. 1.(1) The Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 is amended...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CERTIFICATION OF DEATH – NEW FORMS Y AND Z

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      DEATH INVESTIGATED BY PROCURATOR FISCAL – FORM E1

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      PREGNANCY LOSS PRESCRIBED INFORMATION – NEW FORM 1

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      PREGNANCY LOSS PRESCRIBED INFORMATION – NEW FORM 2

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      PREGNANCY LOSS PRESCRIBED INFORMATION – NEW FORM 3

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      REGISTER OF PREGNANCY LOSS

  7. Explanatory Note

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