Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 658
Coroners, England
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2015
Made
4th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
12th March 2015
Coming into force
2nd April 2015
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009( 1 ) and after consulting in accordance with that paragraph, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2015 and comes into force on 2nd April 2015.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“coroner area” means a coroner area constituted by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013( 2 );
“new coroner area” means the new coroner area resulting from the combining of the coroner areas as set out in Article 3.
New coroner area
3. The coroner area of Liverpool and the coroner area of Wirral are combined into the new coroner area of Liverpool and Wirral.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Simon Hughes
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
4th March 2015