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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/25",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph sets out for the purposes of this Part what is the “relevant authority” for a given coroner area.\n(2) In the case of a coroner area consisting of the area of a single local authority, that authority is the relevant authority for the coroner area.\n(3) In the case of a coroner area consisting of the areas of two or more local authorities, the relevant authority for the coroner area is—\n(a) whichever one of those authorities they jointly nominate;\n(b) if they cannot agree on a nomination, whichever one of them the Lord Chancellor determines.\n(4) Before making a determination under sub-paragraph (3)(b) the Lord Chancellor must consult—\n(a) the Secretary of State, in a case involving local authorities in England;\n(b) the Welsh Ministers, in a case involving local authorities in Wales.\n(5) This paragraph has effect subject to paragraph 2 of Schedule 22.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(i)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:44.377194+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}