Coroners Act 1988
21.Paragraph 2(2) and 2(3) of the Schedule amend the Coroners Act 1988 to make clear that references in that Act to an offence under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 should only be to the offence as it applies to causing or allowing death and not to causing or allowing serious physical harm. Paragraph 2(4) of the Schedule provides that the amendments made to the Coroners Act 1988 will cease to have effect when the repeal of that Act by Schedule 23 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 takes effect.
