Funeral Industry News

• Repatriation to Scotland: Changes to the medical requirements in England and Wales – Cremation Application Forms

  6th September 2024 by funeral-industry-news

  Repatriation For any burial or cremation in Scotland, a death must first be registered in accordance with the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965. Such requirement in Scotland will not change following the introduction of the new medical examiner system in England and Wales.  The legal requirements for Scottish purposes are set out in...

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• Public Consultation Events – Call for questions

  17th October 2023 by funeral-industry-news

  In our previous blog post, we advertised two public consultation events that the Scottish Government is hosting to give individuals the chance to discuss the collection of consultations on funeral sector regulation.   We are now calling for your questions ahead of the events. We will do our best to answer these on the day alongside more...

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• [Update] Six Day Death Registration Service

  22nd April 2020 by funeral-industry-news

  On 1 April our blog post advised that National Records of Scotland (NRS), working with local authorities, have now moved to a remote registration model during the current national emergency. Additionally, local authorities have now, where possible, moved to offering a [Update: 6-day registration service M-Sa, not on Sundays, and which is being kept under...

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• Data Protection Impact Assessment And Privacy Notice For Our MailChimp Registration Form

  7th April 2020 by funeral-industry-news

  The Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and privacy notice related to our MailChimp registration form used to capture the business details of funeral industry members in order to plan inspections and issue communications directly to industry members are available in full to download here. These have been reviewed and updated in September 2020. Burial and...

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• Register Now to Receive Latest Updates – For All Funeral Directors, Burial Authorities, Cremation Authorities and Any Other Interested Parties

  3rd April 2020 by funeral-industry-news

  In the future, it will be our responsibility to register the business/organisation details of every member of Scotland’s funeral industry. For now, we just want our communications to reach as many funeral industry members as possible, in particular the unaffiliated businesses. Please register your business/organisation details here: http://eepurl.com/gQxqsn We have mailed out postcards to hundreds...

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• NRS Registration Service – Remote Registration Information and FAQ

  1st April 2020 by funeral-industry-news

  National Records Scotland have provided information for the funeral industry which outlines key parts of the remote death and stillbirth registration system. This is accessible here:  https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/registration/280c374ccc0108e0ad0c0515b99a60b4.pdf There is a full FAQ available from NRS on Registering a Death (and registrations in general), which is accessible here: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/registering-a-death

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