{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/section-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/25",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Provision of staff and accommodation",
  "text": "(1) The relevant authority for a coroner area—\n(a) must secure the provision of whatever officers and other staff are needed by the coroners for that area to carry out their functions;\n(b) must provide, or secure the provision of, accommodation that is appropriate to the needs of those coroners in carrying out their functions;\n(c) must maintain, or secure the maintenance of, accommodation provided under paragraph (b).\n(2) Subsection (1)(a) applies to a particular coroner area only if, or to the extent that, the necessary officers and other staff for that area are not provided by a local policing body.\n(3) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply in relation to accommodation the maintenance of which is the responsibility of a person other than the relevant authority in question.\n(4) In deciding how to discharge its duties under subsection (1)(b) and (c), the relevant authority for a coroner area must take into account the views of the senior coroner for that area.\n(5) A reference in subsection (1) to the coroners for an area is to the senior coroner, and any area coroners or assistant coroners, for that area.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 24(2) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 372; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 24 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/section/24",
    "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."
}