SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Appointment to listed judicial offices

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For section 2(1) substitute—

1

The First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly, may appoint one, or more than one, coroner and deputy coroner—

a

for such district or districts and on such conditions as to their removal as the First Minister and deputy First Minister may jointly determine; and

b

on such other conditions, including as to remuneration and superannuation, as the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Treasury, may determine;

and the Lord Chancellor may, in exercise of his powers under section 69 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), appoint coroner’s officers and other officers to assist such coroners.