# Coroners and Justice Act 2009, Paragraph 8


(1) An area coroner or assistant coroner for an area may perform any functions of the senior coroner for the area (including functions which that senior coroner has by virtue of section 2 or 3)—
(a) during a period when that senior coroner is absent or unavailable;
(b) at any other time, with the consent of that senior coroner.
(2) Accordingly a reference in a statutory provision (whenever made) to a senior coroner is to be read, where appropriate, as including an area coroner or assistant coroner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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