The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 22) Order 2024

Made: 15th April 2024

The Lord Chancellor makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 182(4)(e) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009[^f00001].

Citation and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 22) Order 2024.

• (2) In this Order, “the 2009 Act” means the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

Provisions coming into force the day after this Order is made

2

The following provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 21 (minor and consequential amendments) to the 2009 Act come into force on the day after this Order is made solely so far as they confer a power to prescribe anything, or are otherwise necessary for enabling the exercise of such a power, or for the purposes of exercising a power to make regulations—

• (a) paragraph 12;

• (b) paragraph 13;

• (c) paragraph 14;

• (d) in paragraph 16—

• (i) sub-paragraphs (3) and (4); and

• (ii) sub-paragraph (1) insofar as it gives effect to those sub-paragraphs;

• (e) paragraph 17;

• (f) paragraph 18, so far as it is not already in force;

• (g) paragraph 19; and

• (h) paragraph 21, so far as it is not already in force.

Provisions coming into force on 9th September 2024

3

The following provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 21 to the 2009 Act come into force on 9th September 2024—

• (a) paragraph 8, so far as it is not already in force;

• (b) paragraph 9, so far as it is not already in force;

• (c) paragraph 10;

• (d) paragraph 11, so far as it is not already in force;

• (e) paragraph 12, so far as it is not already in force;

• (f) paragraph 13, so far as it is not already in force;

• (g) paragraph 14, so far as it is not already in force;

• (h) in paragraph 16—

• (i) sub-paragraphs (3) and (4); and

• (ii) sub-paragraph (1) insofar as it gives effect to those sub-paragraphs,

so far as they are not already in force;

• (i) paragraph 17, so far as it is not already in force;

• (j) paragraph 18, so far as it is not already in force;

• (k) paragraph 19, so far as it is not already in force;

• (l) paragraph 20;

• (m) paragraph 21, so far as it is not already in force;

• (n) paragraph 29;

• (o) paragraph 47, so far as relating to paragraphs 48 and 49;

• (p) paragraph 48; and

• (q) paragraph 49.

Signed

Mike Freer — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 15th April 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

This Order commences a number of consequential amendments in Schedule 21 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) (the “2009 Act”). They are consequential on the introduction of the statutory medical examiners system pursuant to regulations made under sections 19, 20 and 21 of the 2009 Act and include amendment to—

• The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20);

• The Access to Health Records Act 1990 (c. 23); and

• The Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30).

Article 2 commences specified provisions on the day after this Order in so far as they confer the power to prescribe anything or make regulations.

Article 3 commences specified provisions on 9th September 2024.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 c. 25; there are amendments to section 182 which are not relevant to this Order.