1999 No. 3010

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999

Made

Coming into force

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 19971 and paragraph 19 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 19992, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.

2

In this Order “MCC” means magistrates' courts committee.

Commission areas2

1

Each of the areas of England outside Greater London specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.

2

Each of the areas of Wales specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.

3

Each of the areas of Greater London specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane KennedyParliamentary SecretaryLord Chancellor’s Department

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Part ICommission areas in England outside Greater London

Name of commission area

Extent of commission area

Avon

The area of Avon MCC

Bedfordshire

The area of Bedfordshire MCC

Berkshire

The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the following local government areas:

  • Bracknell Forest Borough District Council

  • Newbury District Council

  • Reading Borough Council

  • Slough Borough Council

  • Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

  • Wokingham District Council

Buckinghamshire

The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the following local government areas:

  • Buckinghamshire County Council

  • Milton Keynes Borough Council

Cambridgeshire

The area of Cambridgeshire MCC

Cheshire

The area of Cheshire MCC

Cleveland

The area of Cleveland MCC

Cornwall

The part of the area of Devon and Cornwall MCC comprising the following local government areas:

  • Cornwall County Council

  • Isles of Scilly Council

Cumbria

The area of Cumbria MCC

Derbyshire

The area of Derbyshire MCC

Devon

The part of the area of Devon and Cornwall MCC comprising the following local government areas:

  • Devon County Council

  • Plymouth City Council

  • Torbay Council

Dorset

The area of Dorset MCC

Durham

The area of Durham MCC

East Sussex

The area of East Sussex MCC

Essex

The area of Essex MCC

Gloucestershire

The area of Gloucestershire MCC

Greater Manchester

The areas of the following MCCs:

  • Manchester

  • North and West Greater Manchester

  • Oldham

  • Stockport

  • Tameside

  • Trafford

Hampshire

The area of Hampshire MCC

Hereford and Worcester

The area of Hereford and Worcester MCC

Hertfordshire

The area of Hertfordshire MCC

Humberside

The area of Humberside MCC

Isle of Wight

The area of Isle of Wight MCC

Kent

The area of Kent MCC

Lancashire

The area of Lancashire MCC

Leicestershire

The area of Leicestershire MCC

Lincolnshire

The area of Lincolnshire MCC

Merseyside

The area of Merseyside MCC

Norfolk

The area of Norfolk MCC

Northamptonshire

The area of Northamptonshire MCC

Northumberland

The area of Northumberland MCC

North Yorkshire

The area of North Yorkshire MCC

Nottinghamshire

The area of Nottinghamshire MCC

Oxfordshire

The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the local government area of Oxfordshire County Council

Shropshire

The area of Shropshire MCC

Somerset

The area of Somerset MCC

South Yorkshire

The areas of the following MCCs:

  • Barnsley

  • Doncaster

  • Rotherham

  • Sheffield

Staffordshire

The area of Staffordshire MCC

Suffolk

The area of Suffolk MCC

Surrey

The area of Surrey MCC

Tyne and Wear

The areas of the following MCCs:

  • Gateshead

  • Newcastle upon Tyne

  • North Tyneside

  • South Tyneside

  • Sunderland

Warwickshire

The area of Warwickshire MCC

West Midlands

The area of West Midlands MCC

West Yorkshire

The areas of the following MCCs:

  • Calderdale

  • Leeds

  • West Riding

West Sussex

The area of West Sussex MCC

Wiltshire

The area of Wiltshire MCC

Part IICommission areas in Wales

Name of commission area

Extent of commission area

Clwyd

The part of the area of North Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas:

  • Denbighshire County Council

  • Flintshire County Council

  • Wrexham County Borough County Council

  • That part of Conwy County Borough Council which was formerly known as Colwyn Borough Council

Dyfed

The area of Dyfed MCC

Gwent

The area of Gwent MCC

Gwynedd

The part of North Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas:

  • Isle of Anglesey County Council

  • Gwynedd County Council

  • That part of Conwy County Borough Council which was formerly known as Aberconwy Borough Council

Powys

The area of Powys MCC

South Wales

The area of South Wales MCC

West Glamorgan

The area of West Glamorgan MCC

Part IIICommission areas in Greater London

Name of commission area

Extent of commission area

City of London

The area of the City of London MCC

Inner London

The area of Inner London MCC

Middlesex

The area of Barnet MCC

The area of Brent MCC

The area of Ealing MCC

The area of Enfield MCC

The area of Haringey MCC

The area of Harrow MCC

The area of Hillingdon MCC

The area of Hounslow MCC

North East Greater London

The area of Barking and Dagenham MCC

The area of Havering MCC

The area of Newham MCC

The area of Redbridge MCC

The area of Waltham Forest MCC

South East Greater London

The area of Bexley MCC

The area of Bromley MCC

The area of Croydon MCC

South West Greater London

The area of Kingston upon Thames MCC

The area of Merton MCC

The area of Richmond upon Thames MCC

The area of Sutton MCC

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the first order under section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 as substituted by section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. It specifies the commission areas for England and Wales. Each of the areas was a commission area immediately before section 74 came into force.