# Coroners and Justice Act 2009, Paragraph 2: New investigations and inquests


(1) This paragraph applies on and after the day on which paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 11 to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 comes into force.
(2) The duty under section 1(1) is not to begin to apply to a senior coroner in respect of a death that resulted directly from the Troubles.
(3) A senior coroner (A) must not make a request under section 2 for another senior coroner (B) to conduct an investigation into a death that resulted directly from the Troubles; and B must not agree to such a request.
(4) The Chief Coroner must not give a direction under section 1(5) or 3 to a senior coroner to conduct an investigation into a death that resulted directly from the Troubles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/schedule/1A/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-1A/paragraph-2
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