2017 No. 728
Coroners, England And Wales

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2017

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power 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 2017 and comes into force on 1st August 2017.

Combining of coroner areas2.

(1)

In paragraph (2), “coroner area”, in relation to Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire, means a coroner area specified in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 20132.

(2)

The coroner areas of Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire are combined to create the coroner area named Lincolnshire.

Phillip Lee
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1625) specified 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 Central Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire into one new coroner area, called Lincolnshire.

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