# Coroners and Justice Act 2009, Paragraph 2

Status: prospective

(1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint however many Deputy Medical Advisers to the Chief Coroner (“Deputy Medical Advisers”) the Lord Chancellor thinks appropriate.
(2) A Deputy Medical Adviser may perform any functions of the Medical Adviser—
(a) during a period when the Medical Adviser is absent or unavailable;
(b) during a vacancy in the office of Medical Adviser;
(c) at any other time, with the consent of the Medical Adviser.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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