Section 8B Notice under section 8 or 8A to designated officerF1

A requirement under section 8 or 8A to give a notification to the Coroner for Treasure (or an Assistant Coroner for Treasure) may, if the relevant place falls within an area for which there is a designated officer, be complied with by giving the notification to that officer.

A designated officer must notify the Coroner for Treasure of all notifications given under subsection (1).

If the office of Coroner for Treasure is vacant, notification under subsection (2) must be given to an Assistant Coroner for Treasure.

In this section—

• “designated officer” means an officer designated by an order made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State;

• “the relevant place” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a requirement under section 8, the place where the object in question was found;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a requirement under section 8A, the place where the treasure in question is located.

A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

In its application to Northern Ireland this section has effect as if—