Vacation of office as an appointed coroner or assistant coroner(cf Coroners Act 1980, ss 5A(3) and 6A(1)–(3))

In force

(1)

A person appointed to the office of coroner or assistant coroner vacates that office if the person—

(a)

dies, or

(b)

resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or

(c)

ceases to hold office as such by operation of clause 6, or

(d)

is removed from office, or

(e)

in the case of a person holding office for a term—completes the person’s term of office and is not re-appointed, or

(f)

in the case of a person holding office as a coroner (but without limiting paragraphs (a)–(e))—

(i)

ceases to be qualified for appointment as a coroner for the purposes of section 12, or

(ii)

attains the age of 72 years where the person was appointed to the office before attaining that age, or

(g)

in the case of a person holding office as an assistant coroner (but without limiting paragraphs (a)–(e))—

(i)

is appointed as a coroner, or

(ii)

ceases to be employed in the Department of Communities and Justice.

(2)

A person who is a Judge does not cease to be a Judge merely because of vacating the office of coroner or assistant coroner.

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