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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009-commencement-no-15-consequential-and-transitory-provisions-order-2013/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1869",
  "legislation_title": "The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 15, Consequential and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009-commencement-no-15-consequential-and-transitory-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 are commenced on 25th July 2013—\n(a) sections 1 to 11 and sections 13 to 17 (investigations into deaths);\n(b) sections 22 to 24 (coroner areas, appointments etc.);\n(c) section 32 only in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 2, 6 and 7 of Schedule 5 and sections 33 to 34 (further provision to do with investigations and deaths);\n(d) section 36 with the exclusion of subsection (4)(c), section 37, section 41 only in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of Schedule 10 and section 42 (governance etc.);\n(e) section 46 (coroner of the Queen’s household);\n(f) section 177(1) (consequential etc. amendments, and transitional and saving provisions) to the extent that it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (o);\n(g) section 178 (repeals) only to the extent that it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (p);\n(h) Schedule 1 (duty or power to suspend or resume investigations);\n(i) Schedule 2 (coroner areas);\n(j) Schedule 3 (appointment etc. of senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners);\n(k) paragraphs 1, 2, 6 and 7 of Schedule 5 (powers of coroners);\n(l) Schedule 6 (offences);\n(m) Schedule 7 (allowances, fees and expenses);\n(n) paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of Schedule 10 (investigation by Chief Coroner or Coroner for Treasure or by judge, former judge or former coroner);\n(o) in Part 1 of Schedule 21 (minor and consequential amendments)—\n(i) paragraphs 1 to 7;\n(ii) paragraph 8(4);\n(iii) paragraph 9(3)(d);\n(iv) paragraph 11(3);\n(v) paragraph 15(1), (3), and (4);\n(vi) paragraph 15(2) but only in so far as substituting subsection (2) of section 23 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 with a new subsection (2) and not subsection (2ZA);\n(vii) paragraph 18(1) and (2) to the extent that those provisions introduce a new subsection (3B) only into section 29 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953;\n(viii) paragraph 18(3) and (4) (and paragraph 18(1) in so far as relating to those provisions);\n(ix) paragraph 21(1) but only in relation to the definition of “the 2009 Act”;\n(x) paragraph 21(2) but only in so far as inserting a new subsection (3) into section 41 of the Birth and Deaths Registration Act 1953 and not a new subsection (2);\n(xi) paragraphs 22 to 25;\n(xii) paragraph 26 with the exception of the words “Coroner for Treasure”;\n(xiii) paragraph 28;\n(xiv) paragraph 30;\n(xv) paragraphs 32 to 36;\n(xvi) paragraphs 44 and 45; and\n(xvii) paragraph 51 to the extent that it relates to the Deputy Chief Coroner only; and\n(p) Part 1 of Schedule 23 (repeals: coroners etc.) to the extent that it relates to the entry for the Coroners Act 1988 except for sections 4A(8) and 13(1) and (2) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1953 c.20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c.13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1869/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:46:36.477047+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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