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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-inquests-rules-2013/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1616",
  "legislation_title": "The Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-inquests-rules-2013",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Timing of an inquest",
  "text": "A coroner must complete an inquest within six months of the date on which the coroner is made aware of the death, or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that date.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 8 in force at 25.7.2013, see rule 1"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1616/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:49:15.352919+00:00"
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  "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."
}