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The Norfolk (Coroners’ Districts) Order 2010

S.I. 2010/595 · Made 2 March 2010

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Coroners

Made 2nd March 2010

Laid before Parliament 4th March 2010

Coming into force 1st April 2010

The council of the county of Norfolk submitted to the Secretary of State a draft Order in compliance with section 4(2) of the Coroners Act 1988f1 and the Coroners (Orders as to Districts) Rules 1927f2 providing for the alteration of coroners’ districts in the county of Norfolk.

The Secretary of State has made such modifications to the draft as he thinks fit and makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2) of the Coroners Act 1988:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c.13. Section 4(2) was amended by paragraph 82(4) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) and is to be repealed by section 178 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 23 to, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c.25).

f2

S.I. 1927/343.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Norfolk (Coroners’ Districts) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 1st April 2010.

(2)

This Order shall not have effect in relation to any inquest begun before the day on which it comes into force or to any post-mortem examination which, before that day, a coroner has directed or requested a medical practitioner to make.

2

The existing Greater Norfolk Coroner’s District and Great Yarmouth Coroner’s District shall be amalgamated to form a single coroner’s district called the Norfolk Coroner’s District.

3

The Norfolk (Coroners’ Districts) Order 2007f1 is revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Bridget Prentice

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

2nd March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The County of Norfolk was divided into two coroners’ districts, called Greater Norfolk Coroner’s District and Great Yarmouth Coroner’s District, by the Norfolk (Coroners’ Districts) Order 2007.

This Order amalgamates those two districts to create a single coroner’s district. The County of Norfolk now comprises a single coroner’s district known as the Norfolk Coroner’s district.