Article 2
There shall be a single coroner’s district, called the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Coroner’s District, for the County of Stoke-on-Trent (which county comes into existence on 1st April 1997 by virtue of article 3(2) of the Staffordshire (City of Stoke-on-Trent) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995f1) and for so much of the County of Staffordshire as is not included in the South Staffordshire Coroner’s District.
The Council of the City of Stoke-on-Trent shall be the relevant council within the meaning of section 1(1A) of the 1988 Actf2 for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.
The person who, at 31st March 1997, is the coroner for the existing North Staffordshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1997 to be appointed coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.
Any agreement between the person to whom paragraph (3) applies and Staffordshire County Council (as the relevant council for the purposes of section 1 of the 1988 Act prior to 1st April 1997) as to his salary and pension as a coroner shall be deemed on and after 1st April 1997 to have effect as if originally made between him and the Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
Any person who, at 31st March 1997, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the existing North Staffordshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1997 to be appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.