Citation, commencement and application1

1

This Order may be cited as the Lincolnshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 2003.

2

This Order shall come into force on 1st December 2003.

3

This Order shall not have effect in relation to any inquest begun before the day on which it comes into force or to any post-mortem examination which, before that day, a coroner has directed or requested a medical practitioner to make.

Alteration and renaming of coroners' districts

2

The existing Spilsby coroner’s district and Louth coroner’s district3 shall be amalgamated to form a single coroner’s district called the Spilsby and Louth Coroner’s District.

3

Accordingly, the County of Lincolnshire shall be divided into 4 coroners' districts and each such coroner’s district shall consist of the areas specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the coroner’s district in question as given in column 1 of that Schedule.

4

The Lincolnshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 2002 is hereby revoked.

Paul GogginsParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateHome Office