SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1Amendments

Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13)

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1

Section 3 (terms on which coroners hold office) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (4) substitute—

4

The Lord Chancellor may, with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice, remove any coroner from office for inability or misbehaviour.

3

In subsection (5) for “, wilful neglect of his duty or misbehaviour in the discharge of his duty” substitute “ or wilful neglect of his duty ”.