| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the regulation of the burning of Human Remains, and to enable Burial Authorities to establish Crematoria. |
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| Citation | 2 Edw. 7. c. 8 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales Scotland (Repealed) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 July 1902 |
| Commencement | 1 April 1903 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Perjury Act 1911 Scottish Board of Health Act 1919 Statute Law Revision Act 1927 Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928 Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 Criminal Justice Act 1948 Finance Act 1949 Crematorium Act 1952 Criminal Law Act 1967 Local Government Act 1972 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 Criminal Justice Act 1982 Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 Coroners and Justice Act 2009 Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 |
| Repealed by | Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 20) (Scotland) |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Cremation Act 1902 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Cremation Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7. c. 8) is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The major purpose of the Act was to allow burial authorities to establish crematoria. Later revisions of the Act outlawed open air cremations using funeral pyres, although in 2010 the Court of Appeal ruled this practice to be legal under certain circumstances.[1]