The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) (No. 2) Order 2017

Made: 7th November 2017

Laid before Parliament: 9th November 2017

Coming into force: 1st December 2017

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred by section 176 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009[^f00001], and after consulting in accordance with that paragraph, makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) (No. 2) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st December 2017.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “coroner area” means a coroner area specified in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013[^f00002].

Altered coroner areas

3

• (1) The coroner areas in paragraph (2) are combined to create the coroner area of Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

• (2) The coroner areas of—

• (a) Preston and West Lancashire;

• (b) East Lancashire; and

• (c) Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley.

Signed

Phillip Lee — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 7th November 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroners Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1625), which came into force on 25th July 2013, constituted the former coroners’ districts under the Coroners Act 1988 (c.13) as corresponding coroner areas under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c.25).

This Order combines three coroner areas of Preston and West Lancashire, East Lancashire and Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley into one new coroner area called Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 c. 25.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2013/1625.