APPOINTMENT OF ACTING SENIOR CORONER
Cyflwynwyd gan: Cyng / Cllr. Nia Jeffreys
Decision:
1)
To authorise the Head of Legal Services, subject to
the confirmation of the Chief Coroner and the Lord Chancellor, to determine
conditions and to appoint Kate Sutherland, the existing Assistant Coroner of
the North West Wales Area to act as a Senior Coroner until the authority has
addressed the question of merging areas and until a permanent Senior Coroner
has been appointed.
2)
To authorise the Head of Legal Services to hold a
review to consider the propriety of merging the North West Wales Coroner area
with other areas, including commencing discussions with the North Wales
Councils, along with any other relevant stakeholders, the Chief Coroner and the
Ministry of Justice, and to emphasise the importance of having a Senior Coroner
that can maintain the service through the medium of Welsh and await a report
back on the findings and the way forward.
Minutes:
The
report was presented by Cllr. Nia Jeffreys
DECISION
1. To authorise the Head of Legal Services, subject to the confirmation
of the Chief Coroner and the Lord Chancellor, to determine conditions and to
appoint Kate Sutherland, the existing Assistant Coroner of the North West Wales
Area to act as a Senior Coroner until the authority had addressed the question
of merging areas and until a permanent Senior Coroner had been appointed.
2. To authorise the Head of Legal
Services to hold a review to consider the propriety of merging the North West
Wales Coroner area with other areas, including commencing discussions with the
North Wales Councils, along with any other relevant stakeholders, the Chief
Coroner and the Ministry of Justice, and to emphasise the importance of having
a Senior Coroner who could maintain the service through the medium of Welsh and
await a report back on the findings and the way forward.
DISCUSSION
The report was discussed.
Awdur: Iwan Evans