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This Order may be cited as the Buckinghamshire (Coroners) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
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The North Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District and the South Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District shall be abolished.
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(1) On 1st April 1997, any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the existing North Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District or the coroner for the existing South Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the County of Buckinghamshire.
(2) All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the existing North Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District or the coroner for the existing South Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the County of Buckinghamshire.
(3) In this article “coroner” includes any deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner.
Tom Sackville
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
21st February 1997