http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/2/8/section/7Cremation Act 1902An Act for the regulation of the burning of Human Remains, and to enable Burial Authorities to establish Crematoria.1977-10-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-01-30Expert Participation2023-10-01 7The Secretary of State shall make regulations as to the maintenance and inspection of crematoria, and prescribing in what cases and under what conditions the burning of any human remains may take place, and directing the disposition or interment of the ashes, and prescribing the forms of the notices, certificates and applications to be given or made before any such burning is permitted to take place ... and also regulations as to the registration of such burnings as have taken place. Each such application shall be verified in such manner as the Secretary of State may by such regulations prescribe ... All statutory provisions relating to the destruction and falsification of registers of burials, and the admissibility of extracts therefrom as evidence in courts and otherwise, shall apply to the register of burnings directed by such regulations to be kept ...S. 7 extended (E.W.) by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c. 48), s. 10; amended by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31), s. 2(2)Word in s. 7 substituted by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31) s. 2(1)Words in s. 7 repealed by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31), s. 2(1)(2)Words in s. 7 inserted by Cremation Act 1952 (c. 31), s. 2(1)Words in s. 7 repealed by Finance Act 1949 (c. 47), Sch. 11 Pt. VWords in s. 7 repealed (S.) (13.5.2015) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), s. 32(3), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a); S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3Words in s. 7 repealed (S.) (13.5.2015) by Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 11), s. 32(3), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b); S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3S. 7 restricted (1.10.2023) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 20(6), 182(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2023/1036, art. 2(b)