# Coroners and Justice Act 2009, Paragraph 4


(1) A person who is a councillor for a local authority, or has been during the previous 6 months, may not be appointed as the senior coroner, or as an area coroner or assistant coroner, for a coroner area that is the same as or includes the area of that local authority.
(2) In the application of this paragraph to the Common Council, the reference to a councillor is to be read as a reference to an alderman of the City of London or a common councillor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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