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Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 1799The West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004(The document as of February, 2008) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2004 No. 1799CORONERSThe West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1A), 4(1) and 36(4)(b) of the Coroners Act 1988[1], and after the consultation required by section 4(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order: Citation 1.This Order may be cited as the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 2004. Commencement and application 2. - (1) This Order shall come into force on 1st August 2004. (2) This Order shall not have effect in relation to any inquest begun 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. Amalgamation of coroners' districts 3.The existing Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall coroners' districts shall be amalgamated to form one coroner's district to be known as the Black Country Coroner's District. 4.Accordingly, the County of West Midlands shall be divided into four coroners' districts and each such district shall consist of the area specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the coroner's district in question as given in column 1 of that Schedule. 5.The Council of the Borough of Sandwell 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 above. Revocation 6.The West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 [2] is hereby revoked. Paul Goggins Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 12th July 2004
(This note is not part of the Order) The County of West Midlands was divided into 9 coroners' districts by the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974. Two of these, Birmingham and Solihull, were amalgamated by the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1983 and the relevant authority for the purposes of appointing the coroner was determined as the City of Birmingham Council by the Coroners' Districts (Designation of Relevant Councils) Order 1985. Two more districts, Dudley North and Dudley South, were amalgamated by the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1988. Two more districts, Sandwell North and Sandwell South, were amalgamated by the West Midlands (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1999. Article 3 of this Order amalgamates the districts of Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall into one coroner's district, to be known as the Black Country Coroner's District. The areas of all the coroners' districts within West Midlands are set out in the Schedule to this Order. Article 5 provides, under section 1 (1A) of the Coroners Act 1988, for the Council of the Borough of Sandwell to be the relevant council for the purposes of appointing the Black Country coroner. Notes: [1]1988 c. 13.back [2]S.I. 1974/583, as amended by S.I. 1983/319, S.I. 1988/1797 and S.I. 1999/1990back ISBN0 11 049514 4 -- Back --
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