10E+WA senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner must vacate office on reaching the age of [F175].
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 3 para. 10 substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 38(2)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 10 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(j)
11(1)The senior coroner or an area coroner or assistant coroner for an area (“the relevant coroner area”) must vacate office immediately if—E+W
(a)he or she becomes a councillor for a local authority, and
(b)the area of that local authority is the same as or falls within the relevant coroner area.
(2)In the application of this paragraph to the Common Council, the reference to a councillor is to be read as a reference to an alderman of the City of London or a common councillor.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 3 para. 11 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(j)
12E+WThe senior coroner or an area coroner or assistant coroner for an area may resign office by giving notice in writing to the relevant authority for the area.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(j)
13(1)The Lord Chancellor may, with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice, remove a senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner from office for incapacity or misbehaviour.E+W
(2)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)) to exercise the functions of the Lord Chief Justice under sub-paragraph (1).
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 3 para. 13 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(j)