Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 3224
CORONERS
The Cornwall (Coroners' Districts) Order 2003
Made
8th December 2003
Laid before Parliament
12th December 2003
Coming into force
1st February 2004
Whereas:
(1) the Council of the County of Cornwall have, in pursuance of section 4(2) of the Coroners Act 1988( 1 ) and after due compliance with the provisions of the Coroners (Orders as to Districts) Rules 1927( 2 ), submitted to the Secretary of State a draft Order providing for the alteration of the existing division of that county into coroners' districts; and
(2) the Secretary of State has made such modifications of the draft Order as he thinks fit;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Cornwall (Coroners' Districts) Order 2003.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st February 2004.
(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.
2. The existing coroners' districts of East and West Cornwall( 3 ) shall be amalgamated to form a single coroner’s district called the Cornwall Coroner’s District.
3. Accordingly, the County of Cornwall shall constitute a single coroner’s district consisting of the whole of that county.
4. The Cornwall (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 and the Cornwall (Coroners' Districts)(Amendment) Order 1996( 4 ) are hereby revoked.
Paul Goggins
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
8th December 2003
S.R. & O. 1927/343.
Constituted by the Cornwall (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 ( S.I. 1974/366 , as amended by S.I. 1996/2403 ).