Paragraph 4

(1)

For the purposes of these regulations a person who is a coroner (other than an excepted coroner) is eligible to be a member of the Scheme and, if he is a member, shall be deemed to be an officer in employment—

(a)

where appointed—

(i)

by a metropolitan county council or the Greater London Council, with the relevant council for the purposes of section 1 of the Coroners Act 1988^f1;

(ii)

by the Common Council, with that Council;

(iii)

by the Council of a non-metropolitan county, with that council.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1) “an excepted coroner” means—

(a)

the Queen’s coroner and attorney,

(b)

the coroner of the Queen’s household, or

(c)

a coroner who held office immediately before 6th April 1978 and did not elect in accordance with article 3(b) of the Social Security (Modification of Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926) Order 1978^f2 that the provisions of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926^f3 relating to pensions should not apply to him.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1988 c. 13.
f2: S.I. 1975/374.
f3: 1926 c. 59.