{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-1988/section-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-1988/section-4A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/13",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-1988",
  "path": "section/4A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Coroner areas: Wales.",
  "text": "(1)-(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) A senior coroner appointed for any coroner area in Wales—\n(a) shall for all purposes be regarded as a senior coroner for the whole of Wales; and\n(b) shall have the same jurisdiction, rights, powers and authorities throughout Wales as if he had been appointed as a senior coroner for the whole of Wales.\n(9)-(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "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      "text": "Act repealed (12.2.2013 for the repeal of s. 5(2), 25.7.2013 except for the repeal of ss. 4A(8), 13(1)(2)) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(g)(i), Sch.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": "Words in s. 4A(8) substituted (25.7.2013) by The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1874), arts. 1(1), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4A(8) substituted (25.7.2013) by The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1874), arts. 1(1), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 4A(8)(a) substituted (25.7.2013) by The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1874), arts. 1(1), 2(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 4A(8)(b) substituted (25.7.2013) by The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1874), arts. 1(1), 2(3)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S.4A inserted (3.4.1995 in respect of the insertion of s. 4A(1)(2)(7)(9)(10) and 1.4.1996 otherwise) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 82(5) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 4A heading substituted (25.7.2013) by The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1874), arts. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S.4A restricted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(7), Sch. 17 Pt. II para. 23(5) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/13/section/4A",
    "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."
}