{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-1988/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-1988/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/13",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-1988",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Adjournment of inquest in event of criminal proceedings.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (12.2.2013 for the repeal of s. 5(2), 25.7.2013 except for the repeal of ss. 4A(8), 13(1)(2)) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(g)(i), Sch. 23 Pt. 1 (with s. 180, Sch. 22 Pt. 1); S.I. 2013/250, art. 2; S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(p) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 16: words in side note substituted (1.1.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 71(3) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/13/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:48:47.912882+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}