Cremation
(Suspension and Modification of Regulations – Covid-19) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2020[1]
Official
Consolidated Version
This is an official version of consolidated legislation compiled and
issued under the authority of the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
Showing the law from 15 October 2021 to 30 April 2022
Cremation
(Suspension and Modification of Regulations – Covid-19) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2020
1 Modification of
principal Regulations
(1) The
Cremation (Jersey)
Regulations 1961 (the “principal Regulations”) apply with the
variations set out in Regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations.
(2) These
Regulations apply without prejudice to the Minister’s exercise of the power
conferred by Regulation 11(1) of the principal Regulations.
(3) During
the period between the commencement of the Covid-19 (Amendments – Extension,
Suspension and Repeal) (Jersey) Regulations 2020 and the expiry of these
Regulations, Regulations 2 and 3 do not have effect unless there is in
force an Order under paragraph (4).[2]
(4) The
Minister may by Order re-instate the effect of Regulations 2 and 3.[3]
(5) Before
making an Order under paragraph (4) the Minister must –
(a) consult the Medical Officer of Health and the Council of
Ministers; and
(b) be satisfied that it is necessary and proportionate, having
regard to the foreseeable risk of the spread of Covid‑19 in Jersey, to
make the Order.[4]
(6) Nothing
in an Order under paragraph (4) is to be treated as derogating from
Regulation 4(c).[5]
2 Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations modified
Regulation 6
(certificates to accompany application) of the principal Regulations, paragraph (a)
applies as though the words “who attended the deceased during the deceased’s
last illness and” were deleted.
3 Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations modified
The form in Schedule 2 (certificate of medical attendant) to
the principal Regulations applies as though in the declaration, for the words
“Having attended the deceased before death and seen and identified the body
after death,” there were substituted “Having seen and identified the body of
the deceased after death,”.
4 Citation, commencement
and duration[6]
These Regulations –
(a) may be cited as the Cremation
(Suspension and Modification of Regulations – Covid-19) (No. 2) (Jersey)
Regulations 2020;
(b) come
into force immediately after they are made; and
(c) expire at the end of 30th
April 2022.