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(1) This Order may be cited as the Norfolk (Coroners' Districts) Order 2001.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
(3) This Order shall not have effect in relation to any inquest begun before the day on which it comes into force or to any post-mortem examination which, before that day, a coroner has directed or requested a medical practitioner to make.
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The existing Norwich coroner’s district (as constituted by the Norfolk Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1978), Dereham coroner’s district and Diss coroner’s district shall be amalgamated to form a single coroner’s district called the Norwich and Central Norfolk Coroner’s District.
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Accordingly, the County of Norfolk shall be divided into three coroners' districts and each such coroner’s district shall consist of the area specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the coroner’s district in question as given in column 1 of that Schedule.
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The Norfolk (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 and the Norfolk (Coroners' Districts) (Amendment) Order 1978 are hereby revoked.
Paul Boateng
Minister of State
Home Office
1st March 2001
SCHEDULE
Article 3


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Name of coroner’s district Area comprised in coroner’s district
Great Yarmouth The Borough of Great Yarmouth
King’s Lynn The Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
Norwich and Central Norfolk The Districts of Breckland, Broadland, North Norfolk and South Norfolk and the City of Norwich