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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-7/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/25",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with meeting or reimbursing—\n(a) expenses incurred by senior coroners (including expenses incurred under or by virtue of paragraph 4, 5 or 6);\n(b) expenses incurred by area coroners and assistant coroners;\n(c) expenses incurred by virtue of Schedule 10 in the conduct of an investigation by the Chief Coroner or the Coroner for Treasure or by a judge, former judge or former coroner.\n(2) The regulations may make provision—\n(a) for accounts or evidence relating to expenses to be provided to relevant authorities;\n(b) for or in connection with the meeting or reimbursement by relevant authorities of expenses of a description specified in the regulations;\n(c) for or in connection with appeals relating to decisions with respect to meeting or reimbursing expenses.\nThis sub-paragraph is not to be read as limiting the power in sub-paragraph (1).\n(3) A reference in this paragraph to meeting or reimbursing expenses incurred by a person (“P”) includes a reference to indemnifying P in respect of—\n(a) costs that P reasonably incurs in or in connection with proceedings in respect of things done or omitted in the exercise (or purported exercise) by P of duties under this Part of this Act;\n(b) costs that P reasonably incurs in taking steps to dispute claims that might be made in such proceedings;\n(c) damages awarded against P, or costs ordered to be paid by P, in such proceedings;\n(d) sums payable by P in connection with a reasonable settlement of such proceedings or of claims that might be made in such proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(m)"
    }
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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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