The Cheshire (Coroners) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/356
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Cheshire (Coroners) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2) In this Order “the 1988 Act ” means the Coroners Act 1988 .

Section 2

(1) There shall be a single coroner’s district for the counties of Halton and Warrington (which counties come into existence on 1st April 1998 by virtue of article 6 of the Cheshire (Boroughs of Halton and Warrington) (Structural Change) Order 1996 ) and Cheshire.

(2) The council of the borough of Warrington shall be the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.

(3) The person who, on 31st March 1998, is the coroner for the county of Cheshire shall be deemed to have been appointed coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above by the council of the borough of Warrington.

(4) Any agreement between the person to whom paragraph (3) above applies and Cheshire County Council (as the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act prior to 1st April 1998) as to his salary and pension as a coroner shall have effect as if made between him and the council of the borough of Warrington.

(5) Any person who, on 31st March 1998, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the county of Cheshire shall be deemed to have been appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above with the approval of the chairman of the council of the borough of Warrington.

Section 3

(1) Any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the county of Cheshire shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.

(2) All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the county of Cheshire in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.

(3) In this article “coroner” includes any deputy or assistant deputy coroner.