Coroners (Amendment) Act 2024
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Amendment of section 6A of Principal Act | ||
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2. Section 6A of the Principal Act is amended by— | ||
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): | ||
“(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.”, | ||
(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6A): | ||
“(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.”, | ||
(c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6B): | ||
“(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.”, | ||
(d) the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (6B): | ||
“(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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(e) the deletion of subsections (7), (8) and (9). |