Statutory Instruments
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
9th March 2000
Coming into force
1st April 2000
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997(1), makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
2. For the Schedule to the Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas Order 1999(2) there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 9th March 2000
Article 2
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Name of committee | Local government areas |
| Avon and Somerset(3) | Bath and North East Somerset Council Bristol City Council North Somerset Council Somerset County Council South Gloucestershire Council |
| Barnsley | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire County Council Luton Borough Council |
| Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire County Council Peterborough City Borough Council |
| Cheshire | Cheshire County Council Halton Borough Council Warrington Council |
| Cleveland | Hartlepool Borough Council Middlesbrough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Stockton on Tees Borough Council |
| Cumbria | Cumbria County Council |
| Derbyshire | Derbyshire County Council Derby City Council |
| Devon and Cornwall | Cornwall County Council Devon County Council Plymouth City Council Torbay Council Isles of Scilly Council |
| Doncaster | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Dorset | Dorset County Council Bournemouth Borough Council Poole Borough Council |
| Durham | Durham County Council Darlington Borough Council |
| East Sussex | East Sussex County Council Brighton and Hove Borough Council |
| Essex | Essex County Council Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Thurrock Borough Council |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire County Council |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight(4) | Hampshire County Council Isle of Wight County Council Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council |
| Hereford and Worcester | Worcestershire County Council County of Herefordshire District Council |
| Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire County Council |
| Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire Council Kingston-upon-Hull City Council North East Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council |
| Kent | Kent County Council Medway Towns District Council |
| Lancashire | Lancashire County Council Blackburn with Darwen Council Blackpool Borough Council |
| Leicestershire | Leicestershire County Council Leicester City Council Rutland County District Council |
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire County Council |
| Manchester | Manchester City Council |
| Merseyside | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Liverpool City Council Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Norfolk | Norfolk County Council |
| Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire County Council |
| Northumbria(5) | Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Newcastle upon Tyne City Council North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Northumberland County Council South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Sunderland City Council |
| North and West Greater Manchester | Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council City of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council |
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire County Council City of York Council |
| Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire County Council Nottingham City Council |
| Oldham | Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Rotherham | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Sheffield | City of Sheffield Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Shropshire | Shropshire County Council Telford and Wrekin Council |
| Staffordshire | Staffordshire County Council Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Stockport | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Suffolk | Suffolk County Council |
| Surrey | Surrey County Council |
| Tameside | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Thames Valley | Oxfordshire County Council Bracknell Forest Borough District Council Newbury District Council Reading Borough Council Slough Borough Council Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham District Council Buckinghamshire County Council Milton Keynes Borough Council |
| Trafford | Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Warwickshire | Warwickshire County Council |
| West Midlands | Birmingham City Council Coventry City Council Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council |
| West Sussex | West Sussex County Council |
| West Yorkshire(6) | Bradford City Council Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council Leeds City Council Wakefield City Council |
| Wiltshire | Wiltshire County Council Swindon Borough Council |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Name of committee | Local government areas |
| Dyfed Powys(7) | Carmarthenshire County Council Ceredigion County Council Pembrokeshire County Council Powys County Council |
| Gwent | Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Caerphilly County Borough Council Monmouthshire County Council Newport County Borough Council Torfaen County Borough Council |
| North Wales | Isle of Anglesey County Council Denbighshire County Council Flintshire County Council Gwynedd County Council Wrexham County Borough Council Conwy County Borough Council |
| South Wales(8) | Bridgend County Borough Council Cardiff City and County Council City and County of Swansea Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order substitutes a new list for the list of magistrates' courts committee areas in the Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas Order 1999. The list in that Order was the list of magistrates' courts committee areas in existence immediately before 27th September 1999. The new list substituted by this Order takes account of changes that were effected by Orders made before 27th September 1999, but that come into force on 1st April 2000.
1997 c. 25. Section 27A(2) was inserted into the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 by section 81 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).
S.I. 1999/3008.
The Avon and Somerset magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/3133.
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/523.
The Northumbria magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2707 as amended by S.I. 1998/3108.
The West Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2769 as amended by S.I. 1999/152.
The Dyfed Powys magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2664.
The South Wales magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/1609.