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2004 No. 1799

CORONERS

The West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004

Made

12th July 2004

Laid before Parliament

13th July 2004

Coming into force

1st August 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1A), 4(1) and 36(4)(b) of the Coroners Act 1988( 1 ), and after the consultation required by section 4(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004.

Commencement and application

2. —(1) This Order shall come into force on 1st August 2004.

(2) 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.

Amalgamation of coroners' districts

3. The existing Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall coroners' districts shall be amalgamated to form one coroner’s district to be known as the Black Country Coroner’s District.

4. Accordingly, the County of West Midlands shall be divided into four coroners' districts and each such district shall consist of the area 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.

5. The Council of the Borough of Sandwell shall be the relevant council within the meaning of section 1 (1A) of the Coroners Act 1988 for the Black Country Coroner’s District as constituted by article 3 above.

Revocation

6.The West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 ( 2 ) is hereby revoked.

Paul Goggins

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

12th July 2004

Article 4

SCHEDULE

1. 2.
Name of Coroner’s district Areas comprised in coroner’s district
Birmingham & Solihull The City of Birmingham and the Borough of Solihull.
Black Country The Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall.
Coventry The City of Coventry.
Wolverhampton The City of Wolverhampton.
( 1 )

1988 c. 13 .

( 2 )

S.I. 1974/583 , as amended by S.I. 1983/319 , S.I. 1988/1797 and S.I. 1999/1990

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