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The Coroners' Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) Order 1985

S.I. 1985/1933 · Made 6 December 1985

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CORONERS

Made 6th December 1985

Coming into Operation 1st April 1986

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13(3) of the Local Government Act 1985, I hereby make the following Order:—

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Coroner's Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1986.

2

The councils listed in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 13 of the Local Government Act 1985 (arrangements for coroners' service in Greater London and metropolitan counties) as the relevant councils for the coroners' districts also listed there.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

6th December 1985

Coroner's DistrictRelevant Council
GREATER LONDON
Inner North London coroner's districtThe council of the London Borough of Camden
Inner South London coroner's districtThe council of the London Borough of Southwark
Inner West London coroner's districtThe council of the City of Westminster
Eastern coroner's districtThe council of the London Borough of Waltham Forest
Northern coroner's districtThe council of the London Borough of Haringey
Southern coroner's districtThe council of the London Borough of Croydon
Western coroner's districtThe council of the London Borough of Hammersmith
GREATER MANCHESTER
North coroner's districtThe council of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
South coroner's districtThe council of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
West coroner's districtThe council of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley, St. Helens and Sefton coroner's districtThe council of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
East coroner's districtThe council of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
West coroner's districtThe council of the City of Sheffield
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead and South Tyneside coroner's districtThe council of the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham coroner's districtThe council of the City of Birmingham
WEST YORKSHIRE
Eastern coroner's districtThe council of the City of Wakefield
Western coroner's districtThe council of the City of Bradford

Explanatory note

This Order designates, for a coroner's district in a metropolitan county or Greater London which comprises the areas of two or more district or borough councils, one of those councils to be the “relevant council” for that coroner's district and so to be responsible for the administration of the coroner's service in the whole of that district.