The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 15, Consequential and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013

Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008

4.—(1) The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) omit the definition for “the 1988 Act”;

(b) insert at the appropriate place ““the 2009 Act” means the Coroners and Justice Act 2009”; and

(c) for ““inquest” means an inquest into the death of a deceased person under section 8 of the 1988 Act” substitute ““investigation” means an investigation into the death of a deceased person under Part 1 of the 2009 Act”.

(3) In regulation 18—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “section 19(1) of the 1988 Act” substitute “section 14 of the 2009 Act” and for “section 19(3) of the 1988 Act” substitute “a post-mortem examination made under section 14 of the 2009 Act has revealed the cause of death of the deceased and the coroner does not think it necessary to continue the investigation”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “inquest has been opened” substitute “investigation has begun”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (c) for “inquest” substitute “investigation”.

(4) In Schedule 1—

(a) in Cremation Form 6 (Certificate of coroner) in the second box of Part 2 of that form for “inquest on the body” substitute “investigation into the death”; and

(b) in Cremation Form 8 (Certificate releasing body parts for cremation) in Part 2 of that form, in both places where it occurs for “district” substitute “area”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/2841.