4.—(1) Any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for an existing coroner’s district shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the relevant new coroner’s district.
(2) All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for an existing coroner’s district in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the relevant new coroner’s district.
(3) In this article—
(a)the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above is the relevant new coroner’s district for the existing Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley Coroner’s District;
(b)the coroner’s district constituted by article 3(1) above is the relevant new coroner’s district for the existing Blackpool and Fylde Coroner’s District; and
(c)“coroner” includes any deputy or assistant deputy coroner.