Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 264
Coroners, England And Wales
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2020
Made
9th March 2020
Laid before Parliament
11th March 2020
Coming into force
1st April 2020
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 176(3)(a) of, and 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 2020 and comes into force on 1st April 2020.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“coroner area” means a coroner area specified in 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 following coroner areas are combined to create the new coroner area of Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton:
(a) Central Hampshire;
(b) North East Hampshire;
(c) Portsmouth and South East Hampshire; and
(d) Southampton and New Forest.
Alex Chalk
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
9th March 2020