# The York and North Yorkshire (Coroners) Order 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision about coroners in consequence of provisions of the North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 which come into force on 1st April 1996. The effect of those provisions is described below.
Article 3 of that Order creates a new District of York which, by virtue of article 5(1) of that Order, ceases to be part of the County of North Yorkshire. Under article 4(1) of that Order, the new District becomes a county; under article 10, the functions of North Yorkshire County Council in relation to the new District are transferred to the Council of the District of York.
To the extent that the new District of York ceases to be part of the County of North Yorkshire, orders under section 4(2) of the Coroners Act 1988 by North Yorkshire County Council cease to apply to the area of the new District. By virtue of the fact that the area becomes a county and the Council of the new District assumes the functions of a County Council, coroners fall to be appointed for that area by the Council of the new District. Article 3 of this Order deems the coroner for the existing York Coroner’s District to have been appointed for the new District.
Article 2 of this Order makes provision in respect of those parts of the existing York Coroner’s District which are not included within the area of the new county. Article 2 assigns some of those parts to the Claro Coroner’s District and the remainder to the Scarborough and Ryedale Coroner’s District of that County.
Article 4 makes transitional arrangements to ensure continuity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/659/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/york-and-north-yorkshire-coroners-order-1996/note
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