The Lincolnshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/1588
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Lincolnshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 2002.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st August 2002.

(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

The following areas, namely—

(a) the existing coroners' districts of Lincoln, Grantham and Sleaford (as constituted by the Lincolnshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 ), and

(b) the part of the existing Louth coroner’s district (as so constituted) which consists of the parishes of East Barkwith, Hatton, Langton-by-Wragby, Panton, West Barkwith, West Torrington and Wragby, all in the district of East Lindsey,

shall be amalgamated to form a single coroner’s district called the West Lincolnshire Coroner’s District.

Section 3

Accordingly, the County of Lincolnshire shall be divided into five 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 Lincolnshire (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 and the Lincolnshire (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1984 are hereby revoked.