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Order under Regulation 14 of the Cremation Regulations, 1930, 1962

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Cremation

Whereas a person has died from smallpox in the borough of Rhondda:

        And whereas it appears that, if the requirements specified in the Cremation Regulations, 1930, as amended by the Cremation Regulations, 1952, for the cremation of the body of that person or the bodies of other persons dying from smallpox are complied with, other persons may be infected with smallpox:

        And whereas the council of the borough of Rhondda have applied to the Secretary of State to make an order under Regulations 14 of the Cremation Regulations, 1930, modifying the said Regulations as so amended:

        Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers conferred by Regulation 14 of the Cremation Regulations, 1930, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following order:

        1. Notwithstanding anything in the Cremation Regulations, 1930, as amended by the Cremation Regulations, 1952, a medical referee may permit the cremation of the body of a person who has died in the borough of Rhondda if the medical officer of health of that borough certifies that that person has died from smallpox.

        2. This Order shall cease to have effect on 1st May, 1962.

H.W. Stotesbury
Assistant Secretary

Home Office,
    Whitehall
7th March 1962.