3. Section 76 of the Act comes into force only in relation to the South London local justice area(1).
England and Wales are divided into areas known as local justice areas as required by section 8 of the Courts Act 2003 (c.39). These were established by the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/554) (“the 2005 Order”). This was altered by the Local Justice Areas Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1168) which created the new local justice area of South London from 1st January 2012 (see Table 1 of article 3). Whilst the 2005 order has been subsequently amended, the amendments are not relevant for the purposes of this Order.