Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2020
40Burial or cremation without certification document
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40 Burial or cremation without certification document (1) The regulator may approve the burial or cremation of human remains without a certification document. (2) A person may apply to the regulator for approval of the burial or cremation of human remains of a deceased person without a certification document. (3) The application must be in writing and include— (b) the name of the deceased person; and (c) an explanation of why there is no certification document for the deceased person; and (d) a description of the measures the person has taken to obtain a certification document for the deceased person.
(5) The regulator may refuse to consider the application further if it is not in accordance with subsection (3). (6) The regulator may accept the application only if satisfied that it is impracticable to obtain a certification document for the human