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Title and introductory text
2025 No. 655
CORONERS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2025
Made
5th June 2025
Laid before Parliament
10th June 2025
Coming into force
1st July 2025
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, and after consulting in accordance with that paragraph, makes the following Order.
Propose a change1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2025 and comes into force on 1st July 2025.
Propose a change2 Interpretation
In this Order—
“coroner area” means a coroner area specified in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Coroner Areas and Assistant Coroners) Transitional Order 2013;
“new coroner area” means the new coroner area resulting from the combining of the coroner areas set out in article 3.
Propose a change3 New coroner area
The following coroner areas are combined to create the new coroner area of Kent and Medway—
(a) Central and South East Kent,
(b) Mid Kent and Medway,
(c) North East Kent, and
(d) North West Kent.
Propose a change