The Coroners' Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) (Wales) Order 1996 No. 662


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1996 No. 662

CORONERS

The Coroners' Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) (Wales) Order 1996

Made

7th March 1996

Coming into force

1st April 1996

The Secretary of State in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 1(1)(bb) of the Coroners Act 1988(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Coroners' Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) (Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2. For each coroner's district listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, being a coroner's district created by the Coroners' Districts (Wales) Order 1996(2) lying partly in each of two or more Welsh counties or county boroughs, the council specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule is hereby designated as the relevant council for the purposes of the Coroners Act 1988.

Tom Sackville

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

7th March 1996

Article 2

SCHEDULERELEVANT COUNCILS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CORONERS ACT 1988

Column 1Column 2
Coroner's districtRelevant council
Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys/ Pen-y-bont a Chymoedd MorgannwgRhondda,, Cynon,, Taff County Borough Council
Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan/ Caerdydd a Bro MorgannwgThe Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council
Central North Wales/Canol Gogledd CymruDenbighshire County Council
GwentNewport County Borough Council
North East Wales/Gogledd Dwyrain CymruWrexham County Borough Council
North West Wales/Gogledd Gorllewin CymruCaernarfonshire and Merionethshire County Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates relevant councils for the coroners' districts in Wales listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order. Such designation is necessary where a coroner's district in Wales lies partly in each of two or more Welsh counties or county boroughs. The relevant council is responsible for the appointment of coroners and other functions under the Coroners Act 1988.

(1)

1988 c. 13; section 1(1)(bb) was inserted by paragraph 82(2) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and that paragraph has been brought into force by S.I. 1995/852, Schedule 5.

(2)

S.I. 1996/661.


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