The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008

Forms E+W

14.—(1) Subject to regulation 37(3) and this regulation, the forms set out in Schedule 1 must be used in the cases to which they apply.

[F1 (1A) A form set out in Schedule 1 may be used in electronic form, provided that it has the electronic signature of any person who is required to sign it.

(1B) In paragraph (1A), “electronic signature” has the meaning given in section 7(2) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.

(1C) Any reference in these Regulations to a form set out in Schedule 1 is to be regarded as including—

(a) a form which contains all the information required by that form, but the format of which differs in an immaterial respect;

(b) a Welsh language version, or an English and Welsh language version, of that form.]

(2) In the case of an application for cremation of the remains of a deceased person—

(a) if the death of the deceased person occurred in any place outside the British Islands an application for cremation which contains all the particulars required by the application for cremation set out in Schedule 1 may be used instead of the application set out in Schedule 1; and

(b) if the death of the deceased person occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, an application for cremation and certificates—

(i) which contain all the particulars required by the application for cremation and, as the case may be, by the medical certificate, F2 ... the certificate of coroner or the certificate following anatomical examination set out in Schedule 1; and

(ii) which are used in accordance with the law relating to cremation for the time being in force in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Jersey or the Bailiwick of Guernsey,

may be used instead of the application or certificates set out in Schedule 1.

(3) In the case of an application for cremation of body parts, if the death of the deceased person, the stillbirth or the post-mortem examination occurred in any place outside England and Wales, certificates which contain all the particulars given in the certificate or certified copy referred to in regulation 19(b) or in the certificate releasing body parts for cremation set out in Schedule 1 may be given instead of those certificates or that certified copy.

(4) In the case of an application for cremation of a stillborn child, if the stillbirth occurred outside England and Wales, a certificate which contains all the particulars given in the certificate of stillbirth set out in Schedule 1 may be given by a person entitled to practise as a medical practitioner or midwife in the place where the stillbirth occurred instead of the certificate set out in Schedule 1.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 14(1A)-(1C) inserted (6.4.2018) by The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1238), regs. 1, 4

F2 Words in reg. 14(2)(b)(i) omitted (25.3.2022) by virtue of The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/218), regs. 1, 5