Article 3

The person who, on 31st March 1998, is the coroner for the existing Central and North Eastern Coroners' Districts of the county of Hereford and Worcester by virtue of having been appointed for or assigned to those districts shall be deemed to have been appointed coroner for the county of Worcestershire (which county was created by article 4 of the 1996 Order) by the council of that county.

Any agreement between the person to whom paragraph (1) above applies and the council of the county of Hereford and Worcester (as the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act prior to 1st April 1998) as to his salary and pension as a coroner shall have effect as if made between him and the council of the county of Worcestershire.