Article 2

(1)

Without prejudice to the power to make orders under section 4(1) of the 1988 Act^f1, the three coroners' districts in the County of Berkshire (as constituted by orders having effect under section 4(2) of that Act and described in paragraph (2) below) shall continue in existence, subject to the provisions of this Order, as if made under section 4(1) of that Act.

(2)

The three coroners' districts are—

(a)

the one consisting of the Borough of Reading;

(b)

the one consisting of the District of Newbury; and

(c)

the one consisting of the Boroughs of Bracknell Forest, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead and the District of Wokingham.

(3)

Without prejudice to the power to make orders under section 1(1A)(b) of the 1988 Act^f2, the Council of the Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead shall be the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act for the coroner’s district referred to in paragraph (2)(c) above.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 4(1) is amended by regulation 2(7) of the Local Government Reorganisation (Amendment of Coroners Act 1988) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/465).
f2: Section 1(1A) was substituted by the Local Government Reorganisation (Amendment of Coroners Act 1988) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/655) and amended by S.I. 1998/465).