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title: "The Coroners (Suspension of Requirement for Jury at Inquest: Coronavirus) Regulations 2024"
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# The Coroners (Suspension of Requirement for Jury at Inquest: Coronavirus) Regulations 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 718
CORONERS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Coroners (Suspension of Requirement for Jury at Inquest: Coronavirus) Regulations 2024
Made
24th May 2024
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 42(6) of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”).
In accordance with section 42(5) of the 2022 Act, the Lord Chancellor, having assessed the likely effects of the expiry of section 7(5) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 on the coronial system, considers that it would be expedient for section 7(5) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to continue in force beyond 27th June 2024.
A draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 42(8) of the 2022 Act.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Coroners (Suspension of Requirement for Jury at Inquest: Coronavirus) Regulations 2024 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

## 2 Extension of suspension of requirement for jury at inquest where coronavirus suspected {#regulation-2}

Section 7(5) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009—
(a) does not expire at the end of 27th June 2024, but
(b) expires at the end of 27th June 2026.