Coroners Act 1962
Coroners' districts.
6.—(1) The coroners districts of the State shall, subject to subsection (2) of this section, the provisions of any order under subsection (3) of this section and section 7 of this Act be the same as the coroners' districts immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(2) The boroughs of Kilkenny, Clonmel, Drogheda and Sligo shall be included, respectively, with the areas which, heretofore, constituted the coroners' districts of County Kilkenny, County Tipperary South Riding, County Louth and North County Sligo to form new coroners' districts.
(3) The boundary between two adjoining coroners' districts the coroners for which were appointed by the same local authority may be altered by the Minister by order made after consultation with the Minister for Local Government and with the consent of the coroners for such districts.
(4) Where a vacancy occurs in a coroner's district portion of which is within a county borough, that portion shall thereupon cease to be part of that district and shall be amalgamated with the district comprising the remainder of the county borough, the coroner of which shall become coroner for the district thereby created and comprising the whole of the county borough.
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Annotations
Amendments:
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Repealed (16.09.2019) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019), s. 39(a), S.I. No. 448 of 2019.
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of subs. (1) continued in certain areas (1.01.1986) by Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985, (County Borough of Galway) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 426 of 1985), art. 10 and sch. para. 3(a), in effect as per art. 3(b).
10. The provisions contained in the Schedule to this Order shall apply and have effect in relation to the establishment of the County Borough.
SCHEDULE.
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3. (a) Section 6 (l) of the Coroners Act, 1962 (No. 9 of 1962) shall continue to have effect in relation to the Coroners District of Galway West.
(b) The Coroner for the district shall continue to be appointed by the County Council under section 8(2) of the said Act.
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Application of subs. (1) continued in certain areas (8.05.1985) by Local Government Reorganisation (Supplementary Provisions) (Dublin) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 128 of 1985), reg. 3(e).
3. Notwithstanding the alteration of boundaries affected by section 10 of the Act of 1985— ...
(e) the provisions of section 6(1) and section 8 of the Coroners Act, 1962 (No. 9 of 1962) shall continue to have effect in the added areas and in the excluded areas as respects the appointment of Coroners for the Coroners districts in which those areas were comprised prior to the commencement of section 10 of the Act of 1985,
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