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The West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1990 · Made 12 July 1999

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CORONERS

Made 12th July 1999

Laid before Parliament 20th July 1999

Coming into force 1st September 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 4(1) and 36(4)(b) of the Coroners Act 1988f1, and after the consultation required by section 4(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 13.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement and application
  3. 3Amalgamation of coroners' districts
  4. 4Consequential amendments
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1999.

2Commencement and application

(1)

This Order shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

(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.

3Amalgamation of coroners' districts

The existing Sandwell North coroner’s district and Sandwell South coroner’s district of the County of West Midlands shall be amalgamated to form one coroner’s district to be known as the Sandwell coroner’s district.

4Consequential amendments

The West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974f1 shall be amended as follows–

(a)

in article 3, for the word “seven” there shall be substituted the word “six”, and

(b)

in the Schedule, for the two entries relating to Sandwell North coroner’s district and Sandwell South coroner’s district there shall be substituted the following entry–

“

Sandwell coroner’s districtThe district of Sandwell

”.

Signature

Gareth Williams

Minister of State

Home Office

12th July 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The District of Sandwell was divided into two coroners' districts, Sandwell North and Sandwell South, by the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974. This Order amalgamates these two districts into one coroner’s district, to be known as the Sandwell coroner’s district.