Notice is hereby given that the Department of Justice made the above named Statutory Rule under section 90(2) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 on 21 September 2023. The Statutory Rule was approved on 11 March 2024 as required by section 96(2) and (7) of that Act by a resolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The Order extends, until 24 September 2022, the provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) (the “2020 Act”) which allows a coroner to hold an inquest into a death in prison caused by natural illness without a jury and courts and statutory tribunals in Northern Ireland to receive evidence, wholly or in part, through the use of audio or video live links .

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 522 or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.