{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-allowances-fees-and-expenses-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-allowances-fees-and-expenses-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1615",
  "legislation_title": "The Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-allowances-fees-and-expenses-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“copy” means in relation to a document, anything on which information recorded in a document has been copied, by whatever means and whether directly or indirectly;\n“coroner” means:\n(a)a senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner;\n(b)the Chief Coroner when conducting an investigation under paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009; and\n(c)a judge, former judge or former coroner conducting an investigation under paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009,\nunless a provision of these Regulations specifically provides otherwise;\n“document” means any medium in which information of any description is recorded or stored;\n“expert witness” means a person of any calling, profession or trade who gives evidence at an inquest because of his or her expertise, other than a professional witness;\n“ordinary witness” means any person who gives evidence at an inquest and is not an expert or professional witness;\n“professional witness” means any person who is practising as a member of the medical profession or as a dentist who gives medical evidence at an inquest;\n“relevant authority” means the local authority designated as such in accordance with the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 for a particular coroner area; and\n“witness” means an expert witness, ordinary witness or professional witness.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 25.7.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1615/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:49:16.072636+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."
}