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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Amendment of Coroners Act 1988) Regulations 1998.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
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(1) The Coroners Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1(1)(a), after the word “county,” there is inserted “in a special non-metropolitan county or in”.
(3) In section 1(1)(c), after the word “England” there is inserted “, other than a special non-metropolitan county,”.
(4) In section 1(1A)(a), after the words “metropolitan district” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan district”.
(5) In section 1(1A)(b), after the words “metropolitan districts” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan districts”.
(6) In section 2(2), after the words “metropolitan district”, in both places where they occur, there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan district”.
(7) In section 4(1), after the word “county”, there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan county”.
(8) At the end of section 4(5A) there is inserted “or a special non-metropolitan county”.
(9) In section 27(4)(a), after the word “districts” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan districts”.
(10) In section 31 after paragraph (a) there is inserted—“
(aa) a special non-metropolitan district,”.
(11) In section 35(1) after the definition of “relevant council” there is inserted—“
 “special non-metropolitan county” means a non-metropolitan county in which there are two or more local government districts and for which there is no county council;
 “special non-metropolitan district” means a district in a special non-metropolitan county.”.
Gareth Williams
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
26th February 1998