# The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/1626 · made 2 July 2013

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 coroner areas under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. This Order amalgamates nineteen of those coroner areas into nine new coroner areas, in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

Made under: Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Schedule 2 paragraph 2)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009-alteration-of-coroner-areas-order-2013/pdf/uksi_20131626_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009-alteration-of-coroner-areas-order-2013/pdf/uksiem_20131626_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Coroners, England And Wales
Made 2nd July 2013
Laid before Parliament 4th July 2013
Coming into force 26th July 2013
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and after consulting in accordance with that paragraph, makes the following Order.

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2013.

## 2 Citation and commencement

This Order comes into force on the 26th July 2013.

## 3 Interpretation

In this Order—
“coroner area” means a coroner area constituted by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013;
“altered coroner area” means a new coroner area resulting from the amalgamation of coroner areas as set out in this Order.

## 4 Altered coroner areas

Coroner areas listed in the first column of the table in the Schedule to this Order shall be amalgamated into the single coroner area listed in the corresponding entry in the second column.

## Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Helen Grant
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
2nd July 2013

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Coroner areas to be amalgamated
Altered coroner area
1. Carmarthenshire/ Sir Gaerfyrddin
2. Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin a Sir Benfro
1. Darlington and South Durham
2. North Durham
County Durham and Darlington
1. Derby and South Derbyshire
2. North Derbyshire
Derby and Derbyshire
1. Bournemouth, Poole and Eastern Dorset
2. Western Dorset
Dorset
1. Essex and Thurrock
2. Southend and South East Essex
Essex
1. Plymouth and South West Devon
2. Torbay and South Devon
Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon
1. Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys/ Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr a Chymoedd Morgannwg
2. Powys
Powys, Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys/ Powys, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr a Chymoedd Morgannwg
1. Mid and North West Shropshire
2. South Shropshire
3. The Wrekin
Shropshire, Telford and The Wrekin
1. Neath Port Talbot/ Castell-nedd Port Talbot
2. Swansea/ Abertawe
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot/ Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot

## 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 coroner areas under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. This Order amalgamates nineteen of those coroner areas into nine new coroner areas, in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1626 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009-alteration-of-coroner-areas-order-2013
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