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Scottish Government Introduces New Hydrolysis Regulations Under the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016
3rd December 2025
The Scottish Government laid the Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 and the Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 in the Scottish Parliament on 3 December 2025. The Regulations will enable hydrolysis to be offered as an option for people interested in alternatives to burial or cremation in Scotland. The No. 1 Regulations focus on…
Scottish Government Introduces New Regulations Under the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016
25th November 2025
The Scottish Government laid the Burial and Cremation (Applications and Registers) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 in the Scottish Parliament on 24 November 2025. These Regulations amend the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (“the Cremation Regulations”) and the Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (“the Burial Applications Regulations”). This is partly in response to…
Updated Chief Medical Officer advice on medical certificates of cause of death (MCCD)
8th October 2025
This blog updates our blog of 1 Nov 2022 relating to booking registrar appointments and provides an update on the transfer of medical certificates of cause of death (MCCD) to registrars which is detailed on page 7 of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) guidance to doctors completing MCCDs. The CMO guidance advises doctors that MCCDs…
Funeral Sector Register Live
1st April 2025
The Funeral Sector Register is now live and can be accessed at the following website. Funeral Sector Register Scottish Ministers encourage all burial authorities, cremation authorities and funeral directors providing funeral services in Scotland to register. Further information about the Register is available on the website. If you have any questions or…
Funeral Sector Register
28th March 2025
The Funeral Sector Register (“the Register”) will go live on 1st April 2025, and will act as a single point of information about the funeral sector in Scotland. The Register is being introduced to support The Burial and Cremation (Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 which came into force on 1st March 2025, and grants powers to…
New Burial Application Forms Update
27th February 2025
The Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 and The Burial (Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 come into force on 1 March 2025. We have been made aware of a few areas for improvement on the burial application forms (formatting issues, typos etc.) which we have actioned where appropriate. The updated forms have been…
Burial Regulations Guidance Published and Minor Updates Made to Burial Application Forms
17th February 2025
Guidance The Scottish Government has today (17 February) published guidance in support of The Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 and The Burial (Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 which will come into force on 1 March 2025. Introduction – Burial Regulations: Guidance – gov.scot This guidance aids understanding of what the regulations…
Update on commencement of regulations on 1 March 2025 and associated work
14th February 2025
Update on availability of Website – Burial and Cremation (Inspection)(Scotland) Regulations 2025 The Burial and Cremation (Inspection)(Scotland) regulations will come into force on 1 March 2025. These regulations provide Inspectors with the powers to undertake inspections to ensure compliance with the relevant legislation and requirements and will incorporate a range of functions: providing a report…
New Burial Application Forms Published on the Scottish Government Website
11th February 2025
The Scottish Government has published new burial application forms, made under The Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (“the Applications and Register Regulations”). These forms should be used for all applications submitted from the start of business on 1 March 2025. The new forms should not be submitted before this date. Up until the…
Regulations For Burial and Inspection Approved by The Scottish Parliament
16th January 2025
Regulations For Burial and Inspection Approved by The Scottish Parliament The Burial (Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and the Burial and Cremation (Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 were approved by the Scottish Parliament on 8 January 2025. These regulations will come into force on 1 March 2025, at the same time as: Funeral Director Code of…