3.—(1) Any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the existing Peterborough Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the county of Peterborough.
(2) All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the existing Peterborough Coroner’s District in connection with inquests or post-mortem examinations shall be transferred to the coroner for the county of Peterborough.
(3) In this article “coroner” includes any deputy or assistant deputy coroner.