The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 696

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2001

Made

5th March 2001

Coming into force

1st April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997(1), makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

(2) In this Order “the 1999 Order” means the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999(2).

Amendments to the 1999 Order

2.—(1) After the word “committee” in article 1(2) of the 1999 Order there shall be added the words “; and “the GLMCA” means the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority referred to in section 30A(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997(3)”.

(2) For the Schedule to the 1999 Order 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 5th March 2001

Article 2

SCHEDULE

PART I COMMISSION AREAS IN ENGLAND OUTSIDE GREATER LONDON

Name of commission area	Extent of commission area
Avon and Somerset	The area of Avon and Somerset MCC(4)
Bedfordshire	The area of Bedfordshire MCC
Cambridgeshire	The area of Cambridgeshire MCC
Cheshire	The area of Cheshire MCC
Cleveland	The area of Cleveland MCC
Cumbria	The area of Cumbria MCC
Derbyshire	The area of Derbyshire MCC
Devon and Cornwall	The area of Devon and Cornwall MCC
Dorset	The area of Dorset MCC
Durham	The area of Durham MCC
East Sussex	The part of the area of Sussex MCC(5) comprising the following local government areas: Brighton and Hove Borough Council East Sussex County Council
Essex	The area of Essex MCC
Gloucestershire	The area of Gloucestershire MCC
Greater Manchester	The area of Greater Manchester MCC(6)
Hampshire	The part of the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight MCC(7) comprising the following local government areas: Hampshire County Council Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council
Hereford and Worcester	The part of the area of West Mercia MCC(8) comprising the following local government areas: County of Herefordshire District Council Worcestershire County Council
Hertfordshire	The area of Hertfordshire MCC
Humberside	The area of Humberside MCC
Isle of Wight	The part of the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight MCC comprising the local government area of Isle of Wight County Council
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 part of the area of Northumbria MCC(9) comprising the local government area of Northumberland County Council
North Yorkshire	The area of North Yorkshire MCC
Nottinghamshire	The area of Nottinghamshire MCC
Shropshire	The part of the area of West Mercia MCC comprising the following local government areas: Shrophsire County Council Telford and Wrekin Council
South Yorkshire	The area of South Yorkshire MCC(10)
Staffordshire	The area of Staffordshire MCC
Suffolk	The area of Suffolk MCC
Surrey	The area of Surrey MCC
Thames Valley	The area of Thames Valley MCC
Tyne and Wear	The part of the area of Northumbria MCC comprising the following local government areas: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Newcastle upon Tyne City Council North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Sunderland City Council
Warwickshire	The area of Warwickshire MCC
West Midlands	The area of West Midlands MCC
West Yorkshire	The area of West Yorkshire MCC(11)
West Sussex	The part of the area of Sussex MCC comprising the local government area of West Sussex County Council
Wiltshire	The area of Wiltshire MCC

PART II COMMISSION AREAS IN WALES

Name of commission area	Extent of commission area
Dyfed Powys	The area of Dyfed Powys MCC(12)
Gwent	The area of Gwent MCC
North Wales	The area of North Wales MCC
South Wales	The part of the area of South Wales MCC(13) comprising the following local government areas: Bridgend County Borough Council Cardiff City and County Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council
West Glamorgan	The part of the area of South Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council City and County of Swansea Council

PART III COMMISSION AREAS IN GREATER LONDON

Name of commisson area	Extent of commission area
City of London	The part of the area of the GLMCA comprising the local government area of the City of London
Inner London	The part of the area of the GLMCA comprising the local government areas of the inner London boroughs
Middlesex	The part of the area of the GLMCA comprising the local government areas of the following outer London boroughs: Barnet Brent Ealing Enfield Haringey Harrow Hillingdon Hounslow
North East Greater London	The part of the area of the GLMCA comprising the local government areas of the following outer London boroughs: Barking Havering Newham Redbridge Waltham Forest
South East Greater London	The part of the area of the GLMCA comprising the local government areas of the following outer London boroughs: Bexley Bromley Croydon
South West Greater London	The part of the area of the GLMCA comprising the local government areas of the following outer London boroughs: Kingston upon Thames Merton Richmond upon Thames Sutton

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order substitutes a new list for the list of commission areas in the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999. The new list substituted by this Order takes account of changes to magistrates' courts committee areas effected by Orders that establish on 1st April 2001 the following magistrates' courts committees:

• Greater Manchester (the magistrates' courts committees for Manchester, North and West Greater Manchester, Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford are abolished);

• South Yorkshire (the magistrates' courts committees for Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield are abolished);

• Sussex (the magistrates' courts committees for East Sussex and West Sussex are abolished); and

• West Mercia (the magistrates' courts committees for Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire are abolished).

The new list also takes account of the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority established under section 30A(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (inserted by section 83(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999).

(1)

1997 c. 25. A new version of section 1 was substituted by section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).

(2)

S.I. 1999/3010; amended by S.I. 2000/677; 1429; 2238; 2671; 3054 and 3096.

(3)

Section 30A(1) was inserted into the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 by section 83(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).

(4)

The Avon and Somerset magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/3133.

(5)

The Sussex magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/2542.

(6)

The Greater Manchester magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/2426.

(7)

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/523.

(8)

The West Mercia magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/1705.

(9)

The Northumbria magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2707 as amended by 1998/3108.

(10)

The South Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/2209.

(11)

The West Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2769 as amended by S.I. 1999/152.

(12)

The Dyfed Powys magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2664.

(13)

The South Wales magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/1609.