Schedules
Schedule 22Transitional, transitory and saving provisions
Part 1Coroners etc
Senior and assistant coroners
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1
Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply on the coming into force of the repeal by this Act of sections 1 to 7 of the 1988 Act.
2
A person who—
a
immediately before the repeal was the coroner for a district, and
b
would, but for the repeal, continue in office,
is to be treated as having been appointed under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 as the senior coroner for the corresponding coroner area.
3
A person who—
a
immediately before the repeal was the deputy coroner or an assistant deputy coroner appointed by the coroner for a district, and
b
would, but for the repeal, continue in office,
is to be treated as having been appointed under paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 3 as an assistant coroner for the corresponding coroner area.
4
A person who—
a
becomes an assistant coroner as the result of sub-paragraph (3), and
b
would accordingly (but for this sub-paragraph) be entitled to fees under paragraph 16 of Schedule 3,
is instead entitled to a salary under paragraph 15 of that Schedule if immediately before becoming an assistant coroner he or she was a deputy coroner remunerated by a salary.
5
Paragraphs 15(6) and 17 of Schedule 3 have effect as if a reference to an area coroner included a reference to a person within sub-paragraph (4).
6
Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 do not apply in relation to a deemed appointment under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above.
7
Paragraph 10 of that Schedule does not apply to a person who becomes a senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner as the result of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above.
8
Sub-paragraphs (9) to (11) apply where an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 has the effect of creating a coroner area (“the new area”) that consists of or includes some or all of the area of one or more existing coroner areas (“the old areas”).
9
A person who does not meet the criteria in paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, or who falls within paragraph 4 of that Schedule, may nevertheless become the senior coroner or an area coroner for the new area at its inception if he or she is someone who—
a
was treated by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above as having been appointed as the senior coroner for one of the old areas, and
b
held office as such immediately before the inception of the new area.
10
A person who does not meet the criteria in paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, or who falls within paragraph 4 of that Schedule, may nevertheless become an assistant coroner for the new area at its inception if he or she is someone who—
a
was treated by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above as having been appointed as the senior coroner or an assistant coroner for one of the old areas, and
b
held office as such immediately before the inception of the new area.
11
Paragraph 10 of that Schedule does not apply to—
a
a person within paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (9) above who becomes the senior coroner for the new area at its inception;
b
a person within paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (10) above who becomes an assistant coroner for the new area at its inception.