The Local Government Reorganisation (Amendment of Coroners Act 1988) Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/465
• Sections: 2

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Amendment of Coroners Act 1988) Regulations 1998.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

Section 2

(1) The Coroners Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1(1)(a), after the word “county,” there is inserted “in a special non-metropolitan county or in”.

(3) In section 1(1)(c), after the word “England” there is inserted “, other than a special non-metropolitan county,”.

(4) In section 1(1A)(a), after the words “metropolitan district” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan district”.

(5) In section 1(1A)(b), after the words “metropolitan districts” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan districts”.

(6) In section 2(2), after the words “metropolitan district”, in both places where they occur, there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan district”.

(7) In section 4(1), after the word “county”, there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan county”.

(8) At the end of section 4(5A) there is inserted “or a special non-metropolitan county”.

(9) In section 27(4)(a) , after the word “districts” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan districts”.

(10) In section 31 after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

(aa) a special non-metropolitan district,

(11) In section 35(1) after the definition of “relevant council” there is inserted—

“special non-metropolitan county” means a non-metropolitan county in which there are two or more local government districts and for which there is no county council;

“special non-metropolitan district” means a district in a special non-metropolitan county.