Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 15)

3 Power to amalgamate districts. N.I.

[F1 (1)] Upon the death or resignation or removal from office of a coroner, the [F2 Lord Chancellor], as from such date he may appoint, may by order amalgamate his district or part of his district with the district of any other coroner, and as from that date such other coroner shall be deemed to have been appointed coroner for the first-mentioned district or part (as the case may be).

[F3 (2) The Lord Chief Justice must be consulted before any date is appointed and before any order is made under subsection (1).

F4 (3)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 S. 3 renumbered (3.4.2006) as subsection (1) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(1)(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)

F2 1978 c.23

F3 S. 3(2)(3) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)

F4 S. 3(3) repealed (1.11.2015) by Legal Aid and Coroners‘ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 11), ss. 8(3)(a), 12(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with ss. 2(3), 9, Sch. 1 paras. 3(3)); S.R. 2015/359, art. 2(b)(d)