Article 2

The person who, on 31st March 1998, is the coroner for the existing Peterborough Coroner’s District of the county of Cambridgeshire by virtue of having been appointed for or assigned to that district shall be deemed to have been appointed coroner for the county of Peterborough (which county comes into existence on 1st April 1998 by virtue of article 3 of the Cambridgeshire (City of Peterborough) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996^f1) by the council of the city of Peterborough.

Any agreement between the person to whom paragraph (1) above applies and Cambridgeshire County Council (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 city of Peterborough.

Any person who, on 31st March 1998, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the existing Peterborough Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the county of Peterborough with the approval of the chairman of the council of the city of Peterborough.