Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Amendment of Coroners Act 1962 | ||
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266. The Coroners Act 1962 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 2— | ||
(i) by the deletion of the following definitions: | ||
(I) “designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission”; | ||
(II) “Ombudsman Commission”; | ||
(III) “relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation”, | ||
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(ii) by the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘Act of 2024’ means the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024; | ||
‘designated officer of the Police Ombudsman’ means a designated officer within the meaning of the Act of 2024; | ||
‘relevant Police Ombudsman investigation’ means an investigation of a complaint or matter by the Police Ombudsman under Part 6 of the Act of 2024 concerning the death of the person in relation to whose death a coroner is performing functions under this Act; | ||
‘senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman’ means a senior designated officer within the meaning of the Act of 2024;”, | ||
(b) in section 20(1), by the substitution of “senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman where there is a relevant Police Ombudsman investigation” for “designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation”, | ||
(c) in section 25— | ||
(i) in subsection (1)— | ||
(I) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c): | ||
“(c) a senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman in a case where there is a relevant Police Ombudsman investigation,”, | ||
and | ||
(II) in paragraph (ii), by the substitution of “senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman” for “designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission”, | ||
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(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c): | ||
“(c) a senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman in a case where there is a relevant Police Ombudsman investigation,”, | ||
(d) in section 27(1), by the substitution of “senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman where there is a relevant Police Ombudsman investigation” for “designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation”, | ||
(e) in section 29— | ||
(i) in subsection (3), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e): | ||
“(e) the Police Ombudsman, or”, | ||
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(ii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e): | ||
“(e) the Police Ombudsman, or”, | ||
(f) in section 33A(2), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d): | ||
“(d) a senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman in a case in which there is a relevant Police Ombudsman investigation,”, | ||
(g) in section 33E(3), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d): | ||
“(d) a senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman,”, | ||
(h) in section 36— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “relevant Police Ombudsman investigation” for “relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation”, and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of “designated officer of the Police Ombudsman” for “designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission”, | ||
(i) in section 40(3), by the substitution of “senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman” for “designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission”, | ||
(j) in section 43— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “relevant Police Ombudsman investigation” for “relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation”, and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of “a designated officer of the Police Ombudsman” for “a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission”, | ||
(k) in section 47(1A)— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “a relevant Police Ombudsman investigation and a coroner is informed by a senior designated officer of the Police Ombudsman” for “a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation and a coroner is informed by a designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission”, and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of “body by the Police Ombudsman” for “body by the Ombudsman Commission”, | ||
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(l) in section 49A— | ||
(i) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “designated officers of the Police Ombudsman where there is a relevant Police Ombudsman investigation” for “designated officers of the Ombudsman Commission where there is a relevant Ombudsman Commission investigation”, and | ||
(ii) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “designated officer of the Police Ombudsman” for “designated officer of the Ombudsman Commission”. |