Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961: Appointment of persons for the purposes of registering cremations

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A decision made on 30 November 2020

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2020-0088
Decision Summary Title :	Appointment of persons under Article 13 of Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961 for purposes of registering cremations		Date of Decision Summary:	30 November 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Claire Follain, Superintendent Registrar		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Crematorium appointment		Date of Written Report:	28 November 2020
Written Report Author:	Claire Follain, Superintendent Registrar		Written Report: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Appointment of persons under Article 13 of Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961
Decision(s): To appoint additional persons for the purpose of registering cremations, as required under Article 13 of Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961
Reason(s) for decision: To enable registration of cremations within statutory requirements
Resource implications: None
Action required: To appoint Claire Follain, Richard Langlois, Joanna Falla and Christina Jarvis as persons for the purposes of registering cremations under Article 13 of the Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961: Appointment of persons for purposes of registering cremations

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Health and Social Services Department

Ministerial Briefing Note

Appointment of Superintendent of Crematorium

To: Richard Renouf, Minister for Health and Social Services

Ian Burns, Director General, Customer & Local Services

From: Claire Follain, Superintendent Registrar

Date: 28.11.2020

Subject: Appointment of persons under Art 13 of Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961 for the purposes of registering cremations

Article 2 Cremation (Jersey) Regulations 1961

Control of crematorium to vest in Minister

The control and administration of the crematorium shall be vested in the Minister.

Article 3 Cremation (Jersey) Regulations 1961

Maintenance of crematorium

The Minister shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the crematorium is at all times –

(a) maintained in good working order;

(b) provided with a sufficient number of attendants; and

Article 13 Cremation (Jersey Regulations) 1961

Registration of Cremations

(1) A register of all cremations carried out at the crematorium, in the form set out in Schedule 7, shall be kept at the crematorium, and, as soon as may be after a cremation has taken place, the cremation shall be registered by a person appointed by the Minister for that purpose and a copy of the entry in the register shall be delivered to the Superintendent Registrar

The above articles vests control and administration of the crematorium with the Minister, the duty to ensure that the crematorium is sufficiently staffed, as well as the power to appoint a person for the purpose of registering cremations.

Reason for report:

The crematorium (having previously been part of the Health and Social Services department) is now part of the Customer and Local Services department.

The Superintendent Registrar is the line manager for the crematorium.

Ministerial responsibility for the crematorium remains with the Minister of Health and Social Services.

The Minister is responsible under Article 3(b) of the Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961 to ensure that at all times there are sufficient numbers of attendants at the crematorium.

Under Article 13 of the Cremations (Jersey) Law 1961, registration of cremations must take place as soon as may be after a cremation has taken place.

For reasons of administrative resilience, the crematorium requires additional persons to fulfil the function of registration of cremations in accordance with statutory obligations.

The Superintendent Registrar (Claire Follain) and her three Deputy Superintendent Registrars (Richard Langlois, Joanna Falla and Christina Jarvis) are able to fulfil these functions. In addition to line management of the crematorium by the Superintendent Registrar, the requirements of registration fall within the professional experience and practice of the Superintendent and her three Deputy Superintendent Registrars.

2 Proposal

The Minister is asked to appoint Claire Follain, Richard Langlois, Joanna Falla and Christina Jarvis as persons under Article 13 of the Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961 for the purpose of registration of cremations.

Claire Follain, Richard Langlois, Joanna Falla and Christina Jarvis will register cremations under the provisions of the Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961 and associated legislation. For the purposes of registration, they will use the title ‘Superintendent’ as is common practice for those appointed under Article 13 of the Cremations (Jersey) Regulations 1961.

Claire Follain

Superintendent Registrar

28.11.2020