Article 2

There shall be a single coroner’s district, called the Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s District, for the County of Derby (which county comes into existence on 1st April 1997 by virtue of article 8(2) of the Derbyshire (City of Derby) (Structural Change) Order 1995^f1) and for so much of the County of Derbyshire as is not included in the High Peak or Scarsdale Coroners’ Districts.

The Council of the County of Derbyshire shall be the relevant council within the meaning of section 1(1A) of the Coroners Act 1988^f2 for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.

The person who, at 31st March 1997, is the coroner for the existing Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1997 to be appointed coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.

Any person who, at 31st March 1997, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the existing Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1997 to be appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.