# The Cheshire (Coroners) Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision about coroners in consequence of the provisions of the Cheshire (Boroughs of Halton and Warrington) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1863) which creates new counties of Halton and Warrington on 1st April 1998.
Article 2(1) of this Order constitutes a single coroner’s district for the counties of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. Article 2(2) makes the council of the borough of Warrington the relevant council for the purposes of the Coroners Act 1988. The relevant council is responsible for the appointment of coroners and has other functions in connection with coroners under that Act. Article 2(3) provides for the person who, on 31st March 1998, holds the office of coroner for the county of Cheshire to continue as coroner for the new coroner’s district.
Article 3 makes transitional arrangements to ensure continuity as respects the coroner for the new coroner’s district.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/356/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-coroners-order-1998/note
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