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The Discipline of Coroners (Designation) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/677 · Made 9 March 2006

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LORD CHANCELLOR

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

CORONERS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 9th March 2006

Laid before Parliament 13th March 2006

Coming into force 3rd April 2006

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 118(2) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005f1 with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2005 c. 4.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Offices designated
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Discipline of Coroners (Designation) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2006.

2Offices designated

The following offices are designated for the purpose of section 118 of the Constitutional Reform Act—

(1)

Coroners appointed under section 1 of the Coroners Act 1988f1;

(2)

the Coroner of the Queen’s Household appointed under section 29(1) of the Coroners Act 1988.

Signature

Falconer of Thoroton C

Date 9th March 2006

I concur

Phillips of Worth Matravers CJ

Date 8th March 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates Coroners appointed under section 1 of the Coroners Act 1988 and the Coroner of the Queen’s Household appointed under section 29(1) of that Act for the purposes of section 118 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. This means that those office holders will be subject to the discipline regime set out in Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Constitutional Reform Act.