Amendments made: 25, in schedule 8, page 135, line 35, leave out sub-paragraph (1) and insert—

‘(1) If requested to do so by the Chief Coroner, the Lord Chief Justice may nominate a person within sub-paragraph (1A) to conduct an investigation into a person’s death.

(1A) A person is within this sub-paragraph if at the time of the nomination he or she is—

(a) a judge of the High Court,

(b) a Circuit judge, or

(c) a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court (but no longer does so),

and is under the age of 75.

(1B) The Chief Coroner may request a person who at the time of the request—

(a) has held office as a senior coroner (but no longer does so), and

(b) is under the age of 75,

to conduct an investigation into a person’s death.’.

Amendment 26, in schedule 8, page 136, line 1, leave out from beginning to ‘has’ in line 3 and insert

‘If a person nominated or requested under this paragraph agrees to conduct the investigation—

(a) that person is under a duty to do so;

(b) that person’.

Amendment 27, in schedule 8, page 136, line 9, leave out ‘judge nominated under this paragraph’ and insert

‘person who has been nominated or requested under this paragraph to conduct an investigation and has agreed to do so’.

Amendment 28, in schedule 8, page 136, line 15, leave out ‘a person who is not a senior coroner’ and insert

‘the Chief Coroner or some other person who is a judge of the High Court or a Circuit judge, or by a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court’.

Amendment 29, in schedule 8, page 136, line 21, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert—

‘(a) where the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is—

(i) a judge of the High Court, or

(ii) a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court,

a judge of the Court of Appeal;

(b) otherwise, a judge of the High Court.’.—(Bridget Prentice.)

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