{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-coroners-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-coroners-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/498",
  "legislation_title": "The Durham (Coroners) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-coroners-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) There shall be a single coroner’s district, called the Darlington and South Durham Coroner’s District, for the County of Darlington (which county comes into existence on 1st April 1997 by virtue of article 8(2) of the Durham (Borough of Darlington) (Structural Change) Order 1995) and for so much of the County of Durham as is not included in the North Durham Coroner’s District.\n(2) The Council of the County of Durham shall be the relevant council within the meaning of section 1(1A) of the Coroners Act 1988 for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.\n(3) The person who, at 31st March 1997, is the coroner for the existing South Durham Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1997 to be appointed coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.\n(4) Any person who, at 31st March 1997, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the existing South Durham 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/1772."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 13; section 1(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1996/655."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/498/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:24:10.172329+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}