Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 13B of Principal Act

8. (1) Section 13B of the Principal Act is amended by the deletion of subsections (7), (8) and (9).

(2) Where, immediately prior to the coming into operation of subsection (1), a person stands designated as the senior coroner for a coroner’s district under section 13B(7) of the Principal Act or designated to perform the functions of the senior coroner of that district under section 13B(8) of that Act, that person shall, on such coming into operation, continue to be so designated until the earlier of the following occurs—

(a) he or she ceases to be, in the case of a designation under section 13B(7), the coroner for that district or, in the case of a designation under section 13B(8), the deputy coroner for that district,

(b) the period referred to in subsection (7) of section 13B (as that section stood immediately before such coming into operation) of the Principal Act expires, or

(c) there ceases to be more than one person appointed, assigned or acting as, or performing the duties of, a coroner in that district.