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The Coroners (Amendment) Rules 2010

S.I. 2010/564 · Made 1 March 2010

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Coroners, England And Wales

Made 1st March 2010

Laid before Parliament 4th March 2010

Coming into force 1st April 2010

The Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, makes the following Rules in exercise of the power conferred by section 32 of the Coroners Act 1988f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c.13. Section 32 was amended by paragraph 21 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These rules may be cited as the Coroners (Amendment) Rules 2010.

2

2. In the definition of “the appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board” in rule 57A of the Coroners Rules 1984f1, after “section 13(1)” insert “or 31(1)”.

Signature

Judge CJ

11th February 2010

I agree these Rules and direct that they come into force on 1st April 2010.

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Ministry of Justice

1st March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Rules)

These Rules amend rules 57A of the Coroners Rules 1984, which makes provision for coroners to supply information concerning the death of children to Local Safeguarding Children Boards. Paragraph (4) defined “the appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board” as the Board established under section 13(1) of the Children Act 2004 within whose area the body of the deceased is lying. Section 13(1) of the 2004 Act makes provision for the establishment of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in England. Section 31(1) of the 2004 Act makes provision for the establishment of such Boards in Wales. The definition in the Rules should also have included Boards established in Wales and these rules amend the definition accordingly.