Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 20)

Yn ddilys o 04/04/2019

PART 3 S Arrangements

Pregnancy losses: general S

85 Duty to keep register S

(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

86 Register under section 85: offence S

(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.