Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 2192
CORONERS
The Hertfordshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004
Made
23rd August 2004
Laid before Parliament
3rd September 2004
Coming into force
1st October 2004
Whereas:
(1) the Council of the County of Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1 st October 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. —(1) The existing coroners' districts of Hertford and West and North Hertfordshire shall be amalgamated to form a single coroner’s district called the Hertfordshire Coroner’s District.
3. Accordingly, the County of Hertfordshire shall constitute a single coroner’s district consisting of the whole of that county.
4. The Hertfordshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 2002 ( 3 ) is hereby revoked.
Paul Goggins
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
23rd August 2004