(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to a draft Order submitted by the magistrates' courts committee for the county of Gwynedd and provides for:

  • the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Ardudwy-is-Artro, Estimaner, Penllyn and Talybont to form a new division to be known as the South Meirionnydd petty sessional division;

  • the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Eifionydd and Pwllheli to form a new division to be known as the Eifionydd and Pwlheli petty sessional division;

  • the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Conwy and Llandudno, and Nant Conwy to form a new division to be known as the Aberconwy petty sessional division;

  • the renaming of the petty sessional division of Ardudwy-uwch-Artro as North Meirionnydd.