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(1) This Order may be cited as the Kent (Coroners) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
(2) In this Order “the 1988 Act” means the Coroners Act 1988;
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(1) There shall be a single coroner’s district for the county of the Medway Towns (which county comes into existence on 1st April 1998 by virtue of article 5(2) of the Kent (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester upon Medway) (Structural Change) Order 1996) and for so much of the county of Kent as is included in the existing Mid Kent and Medway Coroner’s District.
(2) The council of the county of Kent shall be the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.
(3) The person who, on 31st March 1998, is the coroner for the existing Mid Kent and Medway Coroner’s District by virtue of having been appointed for or assigned to that district shall be deemed to have been appointed coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above by the council of the county of Kent.
(4) Any person who, on 31st March 1998, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the existing Mid Kent and Medway Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above with the approval of the chairman of the council of the county of Kent.
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(1) Any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the existing Mid Kent and Medway Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.
(2) All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the existing Mid Kent and Medway Coroner’s District in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.
(3) In this article “coroner” includes any deputy or assistant deputy coroner.
Gareth Williams
Home Office
19th February 1998