Appointment of Deputy Chief Coroners
2(1)The Lord Chief Justice may secure the appointment as Deputy Chief Coroners of however many persons the Lord Chief Justice thinks appropriate.
(2)To be eligible for appointment as a Deputy Chief Coroner a person must be—
(a)a judge of the High Court, a Circuit judge, the Coroner for Treasure or a senior coroner, and
(b)under the age of 70.
(3)The Lord Chief Justice must consult the Lord Chancellor as to—
(a)the appropriate number of persons to be appointed as Deputy Chief Coroners;
(b)how many of them are to be persons eligible for appointment by virtue of being judges and how many are to be persons eligible for appointment by virtue of being senior coroners or the Coroner for Treasure.
(4)The function of appointing a person as a Deputy Chief Coroner is exercisable, in the case of a judge of the High Court or a Circuit judge, by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor.
(5)The appointment by the Lord Chief Justice of a person as a Deputy Chief Coroner is to be for a term decided by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor.
(6)The function of appointing a person as a Deputy Chief Coroner is exercisable, in the case of a senior coroner or the Coroner for Treasure, by the Lord Chancellor at the invitation of the Lord Chief Justice.
(7)The appointment by the Lord Chancellor of a person as a Deputy Chief Coroner is to be for a term decided by the Lord Chancellor after consulting the Lord Chief Justice.
(8)In this paragraph “appointment” includes re-appointment.