Just a reminder on who can complete cremation Form 5’s (formerly Form C or Part 2). Regulation 9 of the Cremation Regulations states that in order to be eligible to complete cremation Form 5, you must be a “registered medical practitioner of not less than five years' standing.”
The Department for Constitutional Affairs takes the view that this requires a continuous period of registration at the relevant time. As far as limited registration is concerned, periods of temporary or provisional registration would not seem to disqualify a registered doctor from completing a confirmatory certificate, but it will be a matter for the medical referee to decide whether an inadequate length of full registration may be a factor to be taken into account in any particular case.
The medical practitioner who completes the confirmatory medical certificate should not be a relative of the deceased, or a partner of the doctor who has given the cremation certificate in Form 4.
Locums and former partners are permitted to complete cremation Form 5, however, we would advise these doctors not to complete cremation Form 5 for practices where they regularly or have recently worked.
Further article on the Cremation Regulations 2008 | 
