Sch 2 para 2
(1) The Lord Chancellor may make orders altering coroner areas. (2) Before making an order under this paragraph the Lord Chancellor must consult— (a) whichever local authorities the Lord Chancellor thinks appropriate, (b) in the case of a coroner area in Wales, the Welsh Ministers, and (c) any other persons the Lord Chancellor thinks appropriate. (3) “ Altering ”, in relation to a coroner area, includes (as well as changing its boundaries)— (a) combining it with one or more other coroner areas; (b) dividing it between two or more other coroner areas; (c) changing its name.