1996 No. 276

CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY

The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 1996

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of February 1996

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 3 of the Crown Office Act 18771, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996

Amendments to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 19922

Form A in Part II of the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 19922 shall be amended as follows:–

a

in the heading, for “Counties of England and Wales” there shall be substituted “England (outside London) and Wales”;

b

for “Our County of” there shall be substituted “the commission area of”;

c

for “Our said county”,wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted “the said commission area”

N. H. NichollsClerk of the Privy Council

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order in Council amends the form for commissions of the peace in England and Wales outside Greater London and the City of London contained in the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992 so as to take account of changes to local government areas and amendments to enactments relating to commission areas effected by or under the Local Government Act 19923 and the Local Government (Wales) Act 19944