Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25)

Schedules

Schedule 3 Appointment etc of senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners

Part 4 Terms of office of senior, area and assistant coroners

Vacation or termination of office

13 (1) The Lord Chancellor may, with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice, remove a senior coroner, area coroner or assistant coroner from office for incapacity or misbehaviour.

(2) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)) to exercise the functions of the Lord Chief Justice under sub-paragraph (1).