Schedules
Schedule 21Minor and consequential amendments
Part 1Coroners etc
Treasure Act 1996 (c. 24)
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1
Section 8 (duty of finder to notify coroner) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), for “coroner for the district in which the object was found” substitute “
Coroner for Treasure
”
.
3
In subsection (4), for “coroner” substitute “
Coroner for Treasure
”
.
4
For subsection (5) substitute—
5
If the office of Coroner for Treasure is vacant, notification under subsection (1) must be given to an Assistant Coroner for Treasure.
6
This section has effect subject to section 8B.
5
After that subsection insert—
7
7
In its application to Northern Ireland this section has effect as if—
a
in subsection (1), for “Coroner for Treasure” there were substituted
“ coroner for the district in which the object was found ”;b
in subsection (4), for “Coroner for Treasure” there were substituted
“ coroner ”; andc
in subsection (5), for the words from “Coroner for Treasure” to the end there were substituted
“ coroner for a district is vacant, the person acting as coroner for that district is the coroner for the purposes of subsection (1) ”.