Consultation on a Proposed Bill Relating to Burial and Cremation and Other Related Matters in Scotland - Web Only

To develop legal framework which ensures that the appropriate dignity and respect is shown when carrying out burials and cremations


Footnotes

1. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/217184/0058192.pdf.

2. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/Policy/BurialsCremation/BurialCremation.

3. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/01/26131024/0.

4. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/contents.

5. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/09/29092728/0.

6. Report of the Infant Cremation Commission, http://www.scotland.gov.uk848793d2-ae26-4998-88b9-c829ad948af0;
Scottish Government response, http://www.scotland.gov.uke515e521-c482-42b6-9efc-976734ea2627.

7. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/18-19/68/contents.

8. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/18-19/68.

9. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/2/8/contents.

10. http://www.iccm-uk.com/iccm/library/CremRegs1935Scotland.pdf.

11. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/31/contents.

12. http://www.iccm-uk.com/iccm/library/CremRegs1952Scotland.pdf.

13. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/398/contents/made.

14. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/820/contents/made.

15. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/301/contents/made.

16. See section 49 of the Public Health Regulation 2012,
http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/subordleg+311+2012+cd+0+N.

17. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/49/contents.

18. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/204/contents/made.

19. Scottish Government Records Management: NHS Code of Practice (Scotland) Version 2.1 (January 2012),
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/366562/0124804.pdf.

20. Scottish Government, "Disposal of pregnancy losses up to and including 23 weeks and 6 days gestation" (July 2012),
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmo/CMO(2012)07.pdf.

21. Burial and Cremation Review Group, Report and Recommendations, paragraph 53.

22. http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/buriallaw/buriallaw_cp0105.htm#conspaper.

23. The City of London (Various Powers) Act 1969; the London Local Authority Act 2007.

24. http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/cemetery-and-crematorium/conservation-and-heritage/Pages/Grave-reuse.aspx

25. http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/cemetery-and-crematorium/conservation-and-heritage/Pages/Grave-reuse.aspx.

26. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/5/contents.

27. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2841/contents/made.

28. Scottish Government, "Disposal of pregnancy losses up to and including 23 weeks and 6 days gestation" (July 2012),
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmo/CMO(2012)07.pdf.

29. Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act 2002,
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_02f33_e.htm.

30. Public Health Act 2010, http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/act+127+2010+cd+0+N;
Public Health Regulation 2012, http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/subordleg+311+2012+cd+0+N.

31. http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0300-ftc-funeral-rule.

32. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/544/contents/made.

33. http://hospicefoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Funeral-industry.pdf.

34. http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/project/review-burial-and-cremation-act-1964/issues-paper/34.

35. Citizens Advice Scotland, 'The Real Deal: Funeral Costs', June 2014,
http://www.cas.org.uk/system/files/Real%20Deal%20-%20Funeral%20Costs.pdf.

36. University of Bath, 'Funeral poverty in the UK: issues for policy', January 2014,
http://www.bath.ac.uk/ipr/pdf/policy-briefs/affording-a-funeral.pdf.

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