2 Qualifications for appointment as coroner.E+W
(1)No person shall be qualified to be appointed as coroner [F1unless—
(a)he has a 5 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; or
(b)he is a] legally qualified medical practitioner of not less than five years’ standing . . . F2.
(2)A person shall, so long as he is a councillor of a metropolitan district or London borough, and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified for being a coroner for a coroner’s district which consists of, includes or is included in that metropolitan district or London borough.
[F3(2A)A person shall, so long as he is a councillor of a Welsh principal area, and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified for being a coroner for a coroner’s district which, or any part of which, falls within that area.]
(3)A person shall, so long as he is an alderman or a councillor of a non-metropolitan county [F4in England], and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified for being a coroner for that county.
(4)A person shall, so long as he is an alderman of the City or a common councillor, and for six months after he ceases to be one, be disqualified for being a coroner for the City.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 71(2), Sch. 10 para. 70
F2Words repealed by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(7), Sch. 20
F3S. 2(2A) inserted (from 3.4.1995 to 1.4.1996 for specified purposes only and thereafter wholly in force) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 82(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1),23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1)(4), Sch. 5 (with art. 9(5))
F4Words in s. 2(3) inserted (from 3.4.1995 to 1.4.1996 for specified purposes only anf thereafter wholly in force) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 82(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1)(4), Sch.5 (with art. 9(5))