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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/658 · Made 4 March 2015

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Coroners, England

Made 4th March 2015

Laid before Parliament 12th March 2015

Coming into force 2nd April 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) Order 2015 and comes into force on 2nd April 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 Liverpool and the coroner area of Wirral are combined into the new coroner area of Liverpool and Wirral.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Simon Hughes

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

4th March 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 Liverpool and the coroner area of Wirral into a new single coroner area to be called Liverpool and Wirral.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.