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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) (No. 2) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/1491 · Made 6 July 2015

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Coroners, England And Wales

Made 6th July 2015

Laid before Parliament 10th July 2015

Coming into force 1st August 2015

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009f1 and after consulting in accordance with that paragraph, makes the following Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 25.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3New coroner area
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) (No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st August 2015.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

  • “coroner area” means a coroner area constituted by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013f1;

  • “new coroner area” means the new coroner area resulting from the combining of the coroner areas as set out in Article 3.

3New coroner area

The coroner area of South and West Cambridgeshire, the coroner area of North and East Cambridgeshire and the coroner area of Peterborough are combined into the new coroner area of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Caroline Dinenage

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

6th July 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013, which came into force on 25th July 2013, constituted the former coroners’ districts under the Coroners Act 1988 as corresponding coroner areas under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

This Order combines the coroner area of South and West Cambridgeshire, the coroner area of North and East Cambridgeshire and the coroner area of Peterborough into a single, new coroner area called Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

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