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Statutory Instruments
Coroners, England And Wales
Made
25th November 2011
Laid before Parliament
30th November 2011
Coming into force
1st January 2012
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1A), 4(1) and 36(4)(b) of the Coroners Act 1988(1), and having consulted in accordance with section 4(1) of that Act, makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Black Country (Coroner's District) Order 2011.
2.-(1) This Order comes into force on 1st January 2012.
(2) This Order shall not have effect in relation to any inquest started 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.
3. The existing coroners' districts of Wolverhampton and the Black Country shall be amalgamated to form a single coroner's district to be known as the Black Country Coroner's District.
4. The Metropolitan Borough Council of Dudley shall be the relevant council within the meaning of section 1(1A) of the Coroners Act 1988 for the Black Country Coroner's District as constituted by article 3.
5. The West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004(2) is revoked.
J Djanogly
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
25th November 2011
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 3 of this Order amalgamates the coroners' districts of Wolverhampton and the Black Country into one coroner's district, to be known as the Black Country Coroner's District.
Article 4 designates, under section 1(1A) of the Coroners Act 1988, for the Metropolitan Borough County Council of Dudley to be the relevant council for the purposes of appointing the Coroner for the Black Country Coroner's District.
1988 c. 13. Sections 1(1A) and 4(1) as amended by SI 1998/465.
