The Discipline of Coroners (Designation) Order 2006

Made9th March 2006

Laid before Parliament13th March 2006

Coming into force3rd April 2006

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 118(2) of the Constitutional Reform Act 20051 with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice—

Citation and Commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Discipline of Coroners (Designation) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2006.

Offices designated2

The following offices are designated for the purpose of section 118 of the Constitutional Reform Act—

1

Coroners appointed under section 1 of the Coroners Act 19882;

2

the Coroner of the Queen’s Household appointed under section 29(1) of the Coroners Act 1988.

Falconer of Thoroton CDate 9th March 2006

I concur

Phillips of Worth Matravers CJDate 8th March 2006

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates Coroners appointed under section 1 of the Coroners Act 1988 and the Coroner of the Queen’s Household appointed under section 29(1) of that Act for the purposes of section 118 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. This means that those office holders will be subject to the discipline regime set out in Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Constitutional Reform Act.