The Coroners' Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) (Wales) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/662 · Made 7 March 1996
CORONERS
Made 7th March 1996
Coming into force 1st April 1996
The Secretary of State in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 1(1)(bb) of the Coroners Act 1988f1, hereby makes the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1988 c. 13; section 1(1)(bb) was inserted by paragraph 82(2) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and that paragraph has been brought into force by S.I. 1995/852, Schedule 5.
Contents
- 1Article 1
- 2Article 2
- Signature
- Schedule RELEVANT COUNCILS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CORONERS ACT 1988
- Explanatory note
1
This Order may be cited as the Coroners' Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) (Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
For each coroner’s district listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, being a coroner’s district created by the Coroners' Districts (Wales) Order 1996f1 lying partly in each of two or more Welsh counties or county boroughs, the council specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule is hereby designated as the relevant council for the purposes of the Coroners Act 1988.
Signature
Tom Sackville
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
7th March 1996
RELEVANT COUNCILS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CORONERS ACT 1988
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Coroner’s district | Relevant council |
| Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys/ Pen-y-bont a Chymoedd Morgannwg | Rhondda,, Cynon,, Taff County Borough Council |
| Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan/ Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg | The Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council |
| Central North Wales/Canol Gogledd Cymru | Denbighshire County Council |
| Gwent | Newport County Borough Council |
| North East Wales/Gogledd Dwyrain Cymru | Wrexham County Borough Council |
| North West Wales/Gogledd Gorllewin Cymru | Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire County Council |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates relevant councils for the coroners' districts in Wales listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order. Such designation is necessary where a coroner’s district in Wales lies partly in each of two or more Welsh counties or county boroughs. The relevant council is responsible for the appointment of coroners and other functions under the Coroners Act 1988.