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The Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses (Amendment) Regulations 2018

S.I. 2018/1127 · Made 26 October 2018

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This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct an error in S.I. 2013/1615 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Coroners, England And Wales

Made 26th October 2018

Laid before Parliament 1st November 2018

Coming into force 1st December 2018

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009f1.

The Lord Chief Justice agrees to the making of these Regulations pursuant to paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 25. Paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 7 to the 2009 Act provides that the power to make regulations under that Schedule is exercisable by the Lord Chancellor.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st December 2018.

2Amendment to the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013

In regulation 17(1) (indemnity) of the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013f1, for sub-paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c)

damages awarded against the coroner, or costs ordered to be paid by the coroner, in such proceedings;”.

Signature

Edward Argar

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

26th October 2018

I agree

Burnett of Maldon

Lord Chief Justice

23rd October 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations correct an error in the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1615) by including an express provision to indemnify coroners against awards or orders for costs made against them in the exercise of their duties under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.