{"id":836,"date":"2026-02-05T12:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/?p=836"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:44:10","slug":"regulations-for-hydrolysis-approved-by-the-scottish-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/2026\/02\/05\/regulations-for-hydrolysis-approved-by-the-scottish-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulations For Hydrolysis Approved by The Scottish Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 and the Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 were considered by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament on 5 January. The Regulations were subsequently passed by a vote in the Scottish Parliament on 21 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Details about what the regulations do is available in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/2025\/12\/03\/scottish-government-introduces-new-hydrolysis-regulations-under-the-burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016\/\">blog post<\/a>\u00a0from 3 December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The No. 1 Regulations focus on the amendments to the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (\u201cthe 2016 Act\u201d), extending the 2016 Act to hydrolysis.<\/li>\n<li>The No. 2 Regulations are very similar to the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 2019 and set out the procedures to be followed. The schedules contain the statutory application forms and registers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The regulations will come into force on <strong>2 March 2026<\/strong>. Anyone who wishes to become a hydrolysis authority will then be able to commence the process to do so, including obtaining the necessary consents from the appropriate organisations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further information or if you have any questions, please contact our team at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:burialandcremation@gov.scot\">burialandcremation@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 and the Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 were considered by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament on 5 January. 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