Cremation of body parts
5. After regulation 14 of the principal Regulations, insert the following regulation—
“14A.—(1) The foregoing Regulations 6, 8 to 9, 11, 12 and 12A shall not apply to the cremation of body parts, and no such cremation shall take place except in accordance with this Regulation.
(2) Subject to paragraph (6), the Medical Referee may only permit the cremation of body parts to take place if he is satisfied—
(a)by the production of a certificate in Form “DD” or, if such a certificate cannot be produced, by such other evidence as is produced, that the body parts were removed in the course of a post-mortem examination carried out on the body of the deceased;
(b)by the production of—
(i)a certificate in pursuance of section 24 of the Act of 1953, or
(ii)a certified copy of the entry of the death in the relevant register issued pursuant to sections 30 to 32 of the Act of 1953,
that the death of the deceased from whom the body parts have been removed has been duly registered; and
(c)that application therefore has been made in Form “AA” set out in the Schedule hereto, the information requested in that form duly furnished, the application has been made by an executor or by the nearest surviving relative of the deceased, or, if made by any other person, that the fact that the executor or nearest relative has not made the application is sufficiently explained and that the person making the application is a proper person to do so.
(3) Where the death or post-mortem examination took place outside England and Wales, certificates or copies substantially to the like effect as those referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) shall be treated as equivalent to those certificates or copies.
(4) The Medical Referee may make any inquiry with regard to the application and certificates that he may think necessary.
(5) No cremation of body parts shall take place except on the written authority of the Medical Referee given in Form “FF”.
(6) In any case where the Medical Referee is not satisfied as to the matters in paragraphs (2)(a) or (b), the Secretary of State, if satisfied that the case is one in which cremation may properly take place, may authorise the Medical Referee to allow the cremation.”.