Statutory Instruments
CORONERS
Made
30th June 2006
Laid before Parliament
4th July 2006
Coming into force
1st August 2006
The council of the county of Suffolk submitted to the Secretary of State a draft Order in compliance with section 4(2) of the Coroners Act 1988(1) and the Coroners (Orders as to Districts) Rules 1927(2) providing for the alteration of coroners' districts in the county of Suffolk.
The Secretary of State has made such modifications of the draft as he thinks fit and makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2) of the Coroners Act 1988.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Suffolk (Coroners' Districts) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.
(2) This Order shall not have effect in relation to any inquest begun before the day on which it comes into force or to any post-mortem examination which, before that day, a coroner has directed or requested a medical practitioner to make.
2. The existing Greater Suffolk Coroner’s District and Lowestoft Coroner’s District shall be amalgamated to form a single Coroner’s District called the Suffolk Coroner’s District.
3. Accordingly, the County of Suffolk shall constitute a single coroner’s district consisting of the whole of that county.
4. The Suffolk (Coroners' Districts) Order 2001(3) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Harriet Harman
Minister of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Date 30 June 2006
(This note is not part of the Order)
The county of Suffolk was divided into two coroners' districts by the Suffolk (Coroners' Districts) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1220).
This Order amalgamates these two districts to create a single Coroner’s District. The County of Suffolk now comprises a single Coroner’s District known as the Suffolk Coroner’s District.
1988 c. 13. Section 4(2) was amended by paragraph 82(4) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19).
S.R. & O. 1927/343.