The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2000

Made9th March 2000

Coming into force1st April 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 19971, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

(2)

In this Order “MCC” means magistrates' courts committee.

Commission areas2.

For the Schedule to the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 19992 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane Kennedy

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 9th March 2000

SCHEDULE

Article 2

PART ICOMMISSION AREAS IN ENGLAND OUTSIDE GREATER LONDON

Name of commission area	Extent of commission area
Avon	The part of the area of Avon and Somerset MCC3 comprising the following local government areas: Bath and North East Somerset Council Bristol City Council North Somerset Council South Gloucestershire Council
Bedfordshire	The area of Bedfordshire MCC
Berkshire	The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the following local government areas: Bracknell Forest Borough District Council Newbury District Council Reading Borough Council Slough Borough Council Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham District Council
Buckinghamshire	The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the following local government areas: Buckinghamshire County Council Milton Keynes Borough Council
Cambridgeshire	The area of Cambridgeshire MCC
Cheshire	The area of Cheshire MCC
Cleveland	The area of Cleveland MCC
Cornwall	The part of the area of Devon and Cornwall MCC comprising the following local government areas: Cornwall County Council Isles of Scilly Council
Cumbria	The area of Cumbria MCC
Derbyshire	The area of Derbyshire MCC
Devon	The part of the area of Devon and Cornwall MCC comprising the following local government areas: Devon County Council Plymouth City Council Torbay Council
Dorset	The area of Dorset MCC
Durham	The area of Durham MCC
East Sussex	The area of East Sussex MCC
Essex	The area of Essex MCC
Gloucestershire	The area of Gloucestershire MCC
Greater Manchester	The areas of the following MCCs: Manchester North and West Greater Manchester Oldham Stockport Tameside Trafford
Hampshire	The part of the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight MCC4 comprising the following local government areas: Hampshire County Council Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council
Hereford and Worcester	The area of Hereford and Worcester MCC
Hertfordshire	The area of Hertfordshire MCC
Humberside	The area of Humberside MCC
Isle of Wight	The part of the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight MCC comprising the local government area of Isle of Wight County Council
Kent	The area of Kent MCC
Lancashire	The area of Lancashire MCC
Leicestershire	The area of Leicestershire MCC
Lincolnshire	The area of Lincolnshire MCC
Merseyside	The area of Merseyside MCC
Norfolk	The area of Norfolk MCC
Northamptonshire	The area of Northamptonshire MCC
Northumberland	The part of the area of Northumbria MCC5 comprising the local government area of Northumberland County Council
North Yorkshire	The area of North Yorkshire MCC
Nottinghamshire	The area of Nottinghamshire MCC
Oxfordshire	The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the local government area of Oxfordshire County Council
Shropshire	The area of Shropshire MCC
Somerset	The part of the area of Avon and Somerset MCC comprising the local government area of Somerset County Council
South Yorkshire	The areas of the following MCCs: Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield
Staffordshire	The area of Staffordshire MCC
Suffolk	The area of Suffolk MCC
Surrey	The area of Surrey MCC
Tyne and Wear	The part of the area of Northumbria MCC comprising the following local government areas: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Newcastle upon Tyne City Council North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Sunderland City Council
Warwickshire	The area of Warwickshire MCC
West Midlands	The area of West Midlands MCC
West Yorkshire	The area of West Yorkshire MCC6
West Sussex	The area of West Sussex MCC
Wiltshire	The area of Wiltshire MCC

PART IICOMMISSION AREAS IN WALES

Name of commission area	Extent of commission area
Clwyd	The part of the area of North Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas: Denbighshire County Council Flintshire County Council Wrexham County Borough County Council That part of Conwy County Borough Council which was formerly known as Colwyn Borough Council
Dyfed	The part of the area of Dyfed Powys MCC7 comprising the following local government areas: Carmarthenshire County Council Pembrokeshire County Council Ceredigion County Council
Gwent	The area of Gwent MCC
Gwynedd	The part of North Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas: Isle of Anglesey County Council Gwynedd County Council That part of Conwy County Borough Council which was formerly known as Aberconwy Borough Council
Powys	The part of the area of Dyfed Powys MCC comprising the local government area of Powys County Council
South Wales	The part of the area of South Wales MCC8 comprising the following local government areas: Bridgend County Borough Council Cardiff City and County Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council
West Glamorgan	The part of the area of South Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council City and County of Swansea Council

PART IIICOMMISSION AREAS IN GREATER LONDON

Name of commission area	Extent of commission area
City of London	The area of the City of London MCC
Inner London	The area of Inner London MCC
Middlesex	The area of Barnet MCC The area of Brent MCC The area of Ealing MCC The area of Enfield MCC The area of Haringey MCC The area of Harrow MCC The area of Hillingdon MCC The area of Hounslow MCC
North East Greater London	The area of Barking and Dagenham MCC The area of Havering MCC The area of Newham MCC The area of Redbridge MCC The area of Waltham Forest MCC
South East Greater London	The area of Bexley MCC The area of Bromley MCC The area of Croydon MCC
South West Greater London	The area of Kingston upon Thames MCC The area of Merton MCC The area of Richmond upon Thames MCC The area of Sutton MCC

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order substitutes a new list for the list of commission areas in the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999. The list in that Order was the list of commission areas in existence immediately before 27th September 1999. The new list substituted by this Order takes account of changes to magistrates' courts committee areas that were affected by Orders made before 27th September 1999, but that come into force on 1st April 2000.