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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/1628 · Made 2 July 2013

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Coroners, England And Wales

Made 2nd July 2013

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 182(4) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 25.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2013.

2Commencement

The following provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 come into force on the day after the date on which this Order is made—

(a)

section 43 (coroners regulations); and

(b)

section 45 (coroners rules).

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Helen Grant

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

2nd July 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the powers to make coroner rules and regulations under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) (“the 2009 Act”). Section 43 of the 2009 Act enables the Lord Chancellor to make coroner regulations with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice or a judicial office holder nominated by the Lord Chief Justice. Section 45 of the 2009 Act enables the Lord Chief Justice, or a judicial office holder nominated by the Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor to make designated rules.

Part 1 of the 2009 Act introduces a new statutory regime for investigations and inquests into deaths. The majority of Part 1 is to be implemented in July 2013. These provisions are being commenced so that coroner rules and coroner regulations can be made shortly and brought into force at the same time as the majority of the provisions of Part 1 of the 2009 Act are brought into force.