The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2017

Made: 6th July 2017

Laid before Parliament: 10th July 2017

Coming into force: 1st August 2017

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred by 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) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st August 2017.

Combining of coroner areas

2

• (1) In paragraph (2), “coroner area”, in relation to Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire, means a coroner area specified in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013[^f00002].

• (2) The coroner areas of Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire are combined to create the coroner area named Lincolnshire.

Signed

Phillip Lee — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 6th July 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1625) specified 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 the two coroner areas of Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire into one new coroner area, called Lincolnshire.

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

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 c. 25.

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