6A.—(1) The coroners’ districts of the county of Dublin and the city of Dublin existing immediately before the coming into operation of this section shall as and on the coming into operation of this section be amalgamated into one district and shall be known as the coroner’s district of Dublin.

(2) On the coming into operation of this section, section 6 shall cease to apply to the coroner’s district of Dublin.

(3) The persons who immediately before the coming into operation of this section held the offices of coroner and deputy coroner in the districts referred to in subsection (1) shall from that day hold such respective offices in the coroner’s district of Dublin.

F10[(4) The Minister shall make administrative and financial arrangements in respect of the coroner’s district of Dublin and that obligation shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2018 and sections 8 and 9 shall be deemed to have ceased to apply to that district with effect from that date.]

F11[(5) A person appointed under subsection (6A) to be a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin shall hold office on such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and superannuation) as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, determines.]

F12[(5A) The persons who immediately before the coming into operation of section 4(a) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 held the offices of coroner and deputy coroner in the coroner’s district of Dublin shall, following such coming into operation, continue to hold such respective offices.]

(6) Where a vacancy occurs in respect of the coroner’s district of Dublin, the Minister shall make arrangements to fill the vacancy.

F11[(6A) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, appoint one or more than one person to be a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin.]

F11[(6B) A person appointed under subsection (6A) to be a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin shall be a civil servant in the Civil Service of the State.]

F14[(6C) A person appointed under subsection (6A) to be a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin shall not, without obtaining the prior consent in writing of the Minister—

(a) hold any other office or occupy any other position in respect of which emoluments are payable, or

(b) carry on any other business, trade or profession.

(6D) Section 14A shall not apply to a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin appointed under subsection (6A).

(6E) On the coming into operation of section 2 of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024, sections 13 and 15 shall cease to apply to a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin appointed under subsection (6A).

(6F) A person who, immediately before the coming into operation of section 2 of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024, held the office of deputy coroner in the coroner’s district of Dublin shall, on such coming into operation, cease to hold that office and, for the avoidance of doubt, subsection (5A) and section 13(9) shall, to the extent that they apply to any such deputy coroner, cease to apply to that deputy coroner.]

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