Prospective
39(1)Section 8 (duty of finder to notify coroner) is amended as follows.U.K.
(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)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 ”; and
(c)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) ”.”