Statutory Instruments
Coroners, England And Wales
Made
6th July 2015
Laid before Parliament
10th July 2015
Coming into force
1st August 2015
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009(1) and after consulting in accordance with that paragraph, makes the following Order.
1. This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) (No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st August 2015.
2. In this Order—
“coroner area” means a coroner area constituted by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013(2);
“new coroner area” means the new coroner area resulting from the combining of the coroner areas as set out in Article 3.
3. The coroner area of South and West Cambridgeshire, the coroner area of North and East Cambridgeshire and the coroner area of Peterborough are combined into the new coroner area of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Caroline Dinenage
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
6th July 2015
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013, which came into force on 25th July 2013, constituted the former coroners’ districts under the Coroners Act 1988 as corresponding coroner areas under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
This Order combines the coroner area of South and West Cambridgeshire, the coroner area of North and East Cambridgeshire and the coroner area of Peterborough into a single, new coroner area called Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.