Schedules

Schedule 2Coroner areas

Coroner areas

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1

England and Wales is to be divided into areas to be known as coroner areas.

2

Each coroner area is to consist of the area of a local authority or the combined areas of two or more local authorities.

3

Subject to paragraph 2—

a

the coroner areas are to be those specified in an order made by the Lord Chancellor;

b

each coroner area is to be known by whatever name is specified in the order.

4

Before making an order under this paragraph, the Lord Chancellor must consult—

a

every local authority,

b

the Welsh Ministers, and

c

any other persons the Lord Chancellor thinks appropriate.