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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2017

S.I. 2017/728 · Made 6 July 2017

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Coroners, England And Wales

Made 6th July 2017

Laid before Parliament 10th July 2017

Coming into force 1st August 2017

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power 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. 2Combining of coroner areas
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st August 2017.

2Combining of coroner areas

(1)

In paragraph (2), “coroner area”, in relation to Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire, means a coroner area specified in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013f1.

(2)

The coroner areas of Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire are combined to create the coroner area named Lincolnshire.

Signature

Phillip Lee

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

6th July 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1625) specified the former coroners’ districts under the Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13) as corresponding coroner areas under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).

This Order combines the two coroner areas of Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire into one new coroner area, called Lincolnshire.

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