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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorisation of Cremation – Death Outwith Scotland) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 13th May 2015.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011.
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A certificate in the form of Form X set out in the Schedule is specified for the purpose of section 17(4) of the Act.
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An application under section 18(2) of the Act must be in the form of Form Y set out in the Schedule and contain the information and documents specified in that form.
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In determining an application under section 18(2) of the Act, that is to say whether it is safe to cremate a person’s body, the medical reviewer must follow the following procedure—
(a) determine whether there is a cardiac pacemaker or other potentially explosive device present in the body;
(b) determine whether the body poses a risk to public health in that it is, or immediately before death was, infected with a notifiable disease specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008; and
(c) determine whether there is any radioactive or other hazardous material or implant present in the body.
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Where a medical reviewer determines that it is safe to cremate a body, the medical reviewer must issue a certificate to that effect in the form of Form Z set out in the Schedule.
MAUREEN WATT
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd April 2015
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
