The Kent (Coroners' Districts) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/2570
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Kent (Coroners' Districts) Order 2001.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st August 2001.

(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.

Section 2

(1) The existing coroners districts of Ashford and Shepway, East Kent and Thanet (as constituted by the Kent (Corners' Districts) Order 1974 and amended by the Kent (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1996 ) of the County of Kent shall be abolished.

(2) From the area of the coroners' districts referred to in paragraph (1) above, there shall be formed the coroners' districts of Central and South East Kent and North East Kent which shall consist of the areas specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order.

Section 3

Accordingly, the County of Kent other than that part of it included in the Mid Kent and Medway Coroner’s District (as substituted by the Kent (Coroners) Order 1998 ) shall be divided into three coroners' districts and each such coroner’s district shall consist of the area specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the coroner’s district in question as given in column 1 of that Schedule.

Section 4

The Kent (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 and the Kent (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1996 are hereby revoked.