Coroners (Qualification) Act, 1924

Qualification of certain resigned justices of the peace to be coroners.

1.—In addition to the persons mentioned in Section 2 of the Coroners (Ireland) Act, 1881, any person who—

(a) was a justice of the peace on the 1st day of January, 1919, and

(b) resigned from the office of justice of the peace at any time after the 1st day of January, 1919, and before the 6th day of December, 1921, and

(c) was at the date of such resignation a justice of the peace of five years' standing,

shall be qualified to be appointed, elected or chosen to the office of coroner under that Act and shall be deemed to have been so qualified since the first day of January, 1919.