Part I

Commissions of the peace and petty sessions areas

Commission areas.
1
1
England and Wales shall be divided into areas for each of which there shall be a commission of the peace.
2
The areas shall be as specified by the Lord Chancellor by order made by statutory instrument; but a commission area may not consist of an area partly within and partly outside Greater London.
3
An area for which there is a commission of the peace shall be known as a commission area.
Act repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 6(4), 109(3), 110(1), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(aa) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2005/911)
S. 1 amended (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 105, 108(3)(e), Sch. 14 para. 19 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(i)
S. 1 substituted for ss. 1, 2 (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 74(1), 108(3)(c) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))