Valid from 04/04/2019
Pregnancy losses: generalS
85Duty to keep registerS
(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.
Prospective
86Register under section 85: offenceS
(1)A health authority commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the authority contravenes section 85(1) by failing to prepare or maintain a register as required under that section.
(2)A health authority which commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3)In this section, “health authority” means a Health Board or an independent health care service.