2015 No. 658
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2015
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 20091 and after consulting in accordance with that paragraph, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2015 and comes into force on 2nd April 2015.
Interpretation2
In this Order—
“coroner area” means a coroner area constituted by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 20132;
“new coroner area” means the new coroner area resulting from the combining of the coroner areas as set out in Article 3.
New coroner area3
The coroner area of Liverpool and the coroner area of Wirral are combined into the new coroner area of Liverpool and Wirral.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
(This note is not part of the Order)