The Combined Probation Areas (North Wales) Order 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 336

PROBATION

The Combined Probation Areas (North Wales) Order 1992

Made

21st February 1992

Coming into force

1st March 1992

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 54(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973(1), and after the consultation required by that paragraph, I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (North Wales) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st March 1992.

2.  That part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986(2) which relates to the North Wales Probation Committee shall be amended by–

(a) omitting the entries in respect of the petty sessions areas of Ardudwy-is-Artro, Ardudwy-uwch-Artro, Conwy and Llandudno, Eifionydd, Estimaner, Nant Conwy, Penllyn, Pwllheli and Talybont;

(b) inserting, in alphabetical order,–

(i) in column 1 “Aberconwy” and corresponding to this in column 3 “1”;

(ii) in column 1 “Eifionydd and Pwllheli” and corresponding to this in column 3 “1”;

(iii) in column 1 “North Meirionnydd” and corresponding to this in column 3 “1”; and

(iv) in column 1 “South Meirionnydd” and corresponding to this in column 3 “1”.

3.  The member of the North Wales Probation Committee appointed before 1st March 1992 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Conwy and Llandudno and Nant Conwy shall continue to hold office as if he had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Aberconwy.

4.  The member of the North Wales Probation Committee appointed before 1st March 1992 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Eifionydd and Pwllheli shall continue to hold office as if he had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Eifionydd and Pwllheli.

5.  The member of the North Wales Probation Committee appointed before 1st March 1992 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Ardudwy-is-Artro and Ardudwy-uwch-Artro shall continue to hold office as if he had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of North Meirionnydd.

6.  The member of the North Wales Probation Committee appointed before 1st March 1992 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Estimaner, Penllyn and Talybont shall continue to hold office as if he had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of South Meirionnydd.

Kenneth Baker

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

21st February 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 to take account of the reorganisation of the petty sessions areas in Gwynedd (North Wales) effected by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Gwynedd) Order 1992, (S.I. 1992/335) which comes into force on 1st March 1992.

(1)

1973 c. 62.

(2)

S.I. 1986/1713, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.