{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-coroners-order-1997/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-coroners-order-1997/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/498",
  "legislation_title": "The Durham (Coroners) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-coroners-order-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) On 1st April 1997, any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the existing South Durham Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.\n(2) All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the existing South Durham Coroner’s District in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.\n(3) In this article “coroner” includes any deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/498/article/3",
    "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."
}