The Local Justice Areas (No.1) Order 2006

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Justice Areas (No.1) Order 2006.

(2) For the purposes of Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order, this Order shall come into force on 2nd August 2006.

(3) For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st January 2007.

(4) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order:—

“existing area” means a local justice area existing before 1st January 2007 and altered by this Order;

“new area” means a local justice area constituted by this Order;

“relevant new area” (in relation to anything done before 1st January 2007 by, to, before or in relation to, justices for an existing area or their clerk), means the new area specified in paragraph 3(1) of this Order and, where there is more than one such new area, it means the new area in respect of which that thing should have been done if the proceedings had begun on or after that date;

any reference to a justice for an area shall be construed as a reference to a justice of the peace who ordinarily acts, or, as the case may be, will, on and after 1st January 2007, ordinarily act, in and for that area.

3.—(1) The existing areas of Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Drayton are combined to become a new area named Shrewsbury and North Shropshire.

(2) The existing areas of Telford and Bridgnorth and South Shropshire are combined to become a new area named Telford and South Shropshire.

(3) Accordingly the Schedule to the Local Justice Areas Order 2005(1) is amended as follows—

(a) delete “Shrewsbury”, “Oswestry” and “Drayton”,

(b) after “Sheffield” insert “Shrewsbury and North Shropshire”,

(c) delete “Telford and Bridgnorth” and “South Shropshire”, and

(d) after “Teesside” insert “Telford and South Shropshire”.

4.  The consequential and transitional provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Harriet Harman

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

11th July 2006