# The Coroners' Districts (Wales) Order 1996 S.I. 1996/661 · made 7 March 1996 Article 2 of the Order amalgamates and alters all of the existing coroners' districts in Wales (except those in the existing County of Dyfed) so that the area of those districts are divided into the coroners' districts set out in Schedule 1 to this Order. That Schedule describes the new coroners' districts by reference to the new counties and county boroughs in Wales. Article 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, this Order provide for transitional arrangements. Made under: Coroners Act 1988 (Section 4A); Welsh Language Act 1993 (Section 25) ## Introductory text CORONERS Made 7th March 1996 Laid before Parliament 11th March 1996 Coming into force 1st April 1996 The Secretary of State in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 4A(1) and (7) of the Coroners Act 1988 and section 25 of the Welsh Language Act 1993, and after consulting the councils and coroners appearing to him to be affected by this Order, and such other persons as he thinks appropriate, hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 This Order may be cited as the Coroners' Districts (Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. ## 2 (1) Coroners' districts in the Counties of Clwyd, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan, as those counties existed immediately before 1st April 1996, shall be amalgamated and altered so that the areas of those districts are divided into the coroners' districts, for which the alternative names in English and Welsh are given where applicable, set out in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order and each such district shall comprise the area specified in respect thereof in column (2) of that Schedule. (2) The areas described in column (2) of that Schedule are local government areas in Wales as they exist on 1st April 1996 by virtue of the amendments made by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. ## 3 (1) On 1st April 1996, any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for an existing coroner’s district shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the relevant new coroner’s district. (2) All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for an existing coroner’s district in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the relevant new coroner’s district. (3) In this article, the relevant new coroner’s district in relation to an existing coroner’s district is the new district, for which the alternative names in English and Welsh are given where applicable, specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order opposite the name of the existing district (or districts) in column (1) of that Schedule. (4) In this article “coroner” includes any deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner. (5) This article is without prejudice to paragraph 23 of Schedule 17 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (transitional provisions: coroners). ## Signature Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 7th March 1996 ## Schedule 1 NEW CORONERS' DISTRICTS IN WALES Column (1) Column (2) Coroners' districts Area comprised therein Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys/Pen-y-bont a Chymoedd Morgannwg The County Boroughs of Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda, Cynon, Taff Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan/Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg The County of Cardiff and the County Borough of the Vale of Glamorgan Central North Wales/Canol Gogledd Cymru The County of Denbighshire and the County Borough of Aberconwy and Colwyn Gwent The County of Monmouthshire, the County Boroughs of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport and Torfaen Neath and Port Talbot/Castell-nedd a Phort Talbot The County Borough of Neath and Port Talbot North East Wales/Gogledd Dwyrain Cymru The County of Flintshire and the County Borough of Wrexham North West Wales/Gogledd Gorllewin Cymru The Counties of Anglesey and Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire Powys The County of Powys Swansea/Abertawe The County of Swansea ## Schedule 2 TRANSITIONAL PROVISION: RELEVANT NEW CORONERS' DISTRICTS Column (1) Column (2) Existing coroner’s district Relevant new coroner’s district Mid Glamorgan Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys/Pen-y-bont a Chymoedd Morgannwg South Glamorgan Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan/Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg Gwynedd Eryri and Clwyd West Central North Wales/Canol Gogledd Cymru Gwent Gwent West Glamorgan Neath and Port Talbot/Castell-nedd a Phort Talbot Clwyd East and Clwyd South North East Wales/Gogledd Dwyrain Cymru Gwynedd Llŷn ac Eifionydd, Gwynedd Meirionydd and Gwynedd Ynys Môn North West Wales/Gogledd Gorllewin Cymru Powys Powys Swansea and Gower Swansea/Abertawe ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) Article 2 of the Order amalgamates and alters all of the existing coroners' districts in Wales (except those in the existing County of Dyfed) so that the area of those districts are divided into the coroners' districts set out in Schedule 1 to this Order. That Schedule describes the new coroners' districts by reference to the new counties and county boroughs in Wales. Article 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, this Order provide for transitional arrangements. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/661 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-districts-wales-order-1996 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.