This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct an error in S.I. 2013/1615 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
Coroners, England And Wales
Made
26th October 2018
Laid before Parliament
1st November 2018
Coming into force
1st December 2018
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009(1).
The Lord Chief Justice agrees to the making of these Regulations pursuant to paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st December 2018.
2. In regulation 17(1) (indemnity) of the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013(2), for sub-paragraph (c), substitute—
“(c)damages awarded against the coroner, or costs ordered to be paid by the coroner, in such proceedings;”.
Edward Argar
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
26th October 2018
I agree
Burnett of Maldon
Lord Chief Justice
23rd October 2018
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations correct an error in the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1615) by including an express provision to indemnify coroners against awards or orders for costs made against them in the exercise of their duties under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
2009 c. 25. Paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 7 to the 2009 Act provides that the power to make regulations under that Schedule is exercisable by the Lord Chancellor.