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Coroners and Justice Act 2009

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Version Superseded: 10/03/2022

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Part 2 E+WQualifications of senior, area and assistant coroners

3E+WTo be eligible for appointment as a senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner, a person must—

(a)be under the age of 70, and

(b)satisfy the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.

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I1Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(j)

4(1)A person who is a councillor for a local authority, or has been during the previous 6 months, may not be appointed as the senior coroner, or as an area coroner or assistant coroner, for a coroner area that is the same as or includes the area of that local authority.E+W

(2)In the application of this paragraph to the Common Council, the reference to a councillor is to be read as a reference to an alderman of the City of London or a common councillor.

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I2Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(j)

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