PART 1Burial
Exhumation
31Exhumation register: offence
1
An appropriate authority commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the authority contravenes section 30(1) or (2) by failing to prepare or maintain an exhumation register.
2
An appropriate 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, “appropriate authority” has the meaning given by section 30(9).