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Coroners Act 1988
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2 Qualifications for appointment as coroner.E+W
(1)No person shall be qualified to be appointed as coroner [F1unless—
(a)he has a 5 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; or
(b)he is a] legally qualified medical practitioner of not less than five years’ standing . . . F2.
(2)A person shall, so long as he is a councillor of a metropolitan district [F3, special non-metropolitan district] or London borough, and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified for being a coroner for a coroner’s district which consists of, includes or is included in that metropolitan district [F3, special non-metropolitan district] or London borough.
[F4(2A)A person shall, so long as he is a councillor of a Welsh principal area, and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified for being a coroner for a coroner’s district which, or any part of which, falls within that area.]
(3)A person shall, so long as he is an alderman or a councillor of a non-metropolitan county [F5in England], and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified
[F6(a)in the case of a county none of which is included in such a coroner’s district as is mentioned in section 1(1)(b) above, for being a coroner for that county;
(b)in the case of a county the whole or part of which is included in such a coroner’s district as is mentioned in section 1(1)(b) above, for being a coroner for that coroner’s district and for so much of that county (if any) as is not so included.]
(4)A person shall, so long as he is an alderman of the City or a common councillor, and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified for being a coroner for the City.
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F1Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 71(2), Sch. 10 para. 70
F2Words repealed by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(7), Sch. 20
F3Words in s. 2(2) inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/465, reg. 2(6)
F4S. 2(2A) inserted (from 3.4.1995 to 1.4.1996 for specified purposes only and thereafter wholly in force) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 82(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1)(4), Sch. 5 (with art. 9(5))
F5Words in s. 2(3) inserted (from 3.4.1995 to 1.4.1996 for specified purposes only and thereafter wholly in force) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 82(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1)(4), Sch. 5 (with art. 9(5))
F6Words in s. 2(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/655, reg. 2(4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 2(2)(3) extended (E.) (6.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/975, reg. 2(a)
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