Cremation
(Suspension and Modification of Regulations – Covid-19) (Jersey) Regulations
2020
Official
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Showing the law from 24 March 2020 to 29 September 2020
Cremation
(Suspension and Modification of Regulations – Covid-19) (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.
2 Regulation 6 of the
principal Regulations suspended in part
In Regulation 6 (certificates
to accompany application) of the principal Regulations, paragraph (a)
applies as though the words “, together with a confirmatory medical
certificate, in the form set out in Schedule 3, signed by another
registered medical practitioner who has been registered as a fully registered
medical practitioner under the Medical Act 1956 of the United Kingdom for a period of not less than 5 years,
being neither a relative of the deceased nor a relative or partner of the
practitioner who signed the first-mentioned certificate” were deleted.
3 Regulation 7 of the
principal Regulations modified
Regulation 7 (powers
and duties of medical referee) of the principal Regulations applies as though –
(a) in paragraph (1)(c) –
(i) for “certificates” in each place there
were substituted “certificate”, and
(ii) for “persons” there were
substituted “person”;
(b) after paragraph (2) there
were inserted –
“(3) Despite paragraphs (1) and (2), a medical
referee may, during the epidemic of infectious disease caused by the covid-19
coronavirus, and if he or she considers that the cause of death is due to or
related to such disease, permit a cremation to take place without being
satisfied as to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(c).”.
4 Citation, commencement and
duration
These Regulations –
(a) may be cited as the Cremation
(Suspension and Modification of Regulations – Covid-19) (Jersey)
Regulations 2020;
(b) come into force
immediately after they are made; and
(c) expire on 30th September
2020.