The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 770

Coroners, England And Wales

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2018

Made

26th June 2018

Laid before Parliament

28th June 2018

Coming into force

1st August 2018

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred by section 176 of, and 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.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2018 and comes into force on 1st August 2018.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“coroner area” means a coroner area specified in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013(2).

Altered coroner areas

3.—(1) The coroner areas in paragraph (2) are combined to create the coroner area of Teesside and Hartlepool.

(2) The coroner areas of—

(a)Teesside; and

(b)Hartlepool.

Edward Argar

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

26th June 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroners Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1625), which came into force on 25th July 2013, constituted the former coroners’ districts under the Coroners Act 1988 (c.13) as corresponding coroner areas under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c.25).

This Order combines the two coroner areas of Hartlepool and Teesside into one new coroner area, called Teesside and Hartlepool.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.