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

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 2 March 2026.

(3) Regulations 1 to 3 come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made, for the purpose of making regulations under sections 47(1), 48(2), 56(1) and 57(1) and (2) of the Act, as applied in relation to hydrolysis and as if modified in accordance with regulation 2 and schedule 1 of these Regulations.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016,

“hydrolysis” means the disposal of human remains and any soluble material in which the remains are wrapped in a chamber using hot water and potassium hydroxide (with or without the addition of sodium hydroxide) and includes—

(a)

where a grinding process is applied to the solid remains after being removed from the chamber, that process, and

(b)

where any other process is applied to those remains, that other process.