http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/677/madeThe Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2000County councilsBorough councilsCity councilsDistrict councilsCouncilsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2014-05-14JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES 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. 2000 No. 677 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) (Amendment) Order 2000 Made 9th March 2000 Coming into force 1st April 2000 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, makes the following Order: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 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 areas 2 For the Schedule to the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 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 I <Strong>COMMISSION AREAS IN ENGLAND OUTSIDE GREATER LONDON</Strong>
Name of commission areaExtent of commission area
Avon The part of the area of Avon and Somerset MCC comprising the following local government areas: Bath and North East Somerset Council Bristol City Council North Somerset Council South Gloucestershire Council
BedfordshireThe 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
CambridgeshireThe area of Cambridgeshire MCC
CheshireThe area of Cheshire MCC
ClevelandThe 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
CumbriaThe area of Cumbria MCC
DerbyshireThe 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
DorsetThe area of Dorset MCC
DurhamThe area of Durham MCC
East SussexThe area of East Sussex MCC
EssexThe area of Essex MCC
GloucestershireThe 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 MCC comprising the following local government areas: Hampshire County Council Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council
Hereford and WorcesterThe area of Hereford and Worcester MCC
HertfordshireThe area of Hertfordshire MCC
HumbersideThe area of Humberside MCC
Isle of WightThe part of the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight MCC comprising the local government area of Isle of Wight County Council
KentThe area of Kent MCC
LancashireThe area of Lancashire MCC
LeicestershireThe area of Leicestershire MCC
LincolnshireThe area of Lincolnshire MCC
MerseysideThe area of Merseyside MCC
NorfolkThe area of Norfolk MCC
NorthamptonshireThe area of Northamptonshire MCC
NorthumberlandThe part of the area of Northumbria MCC comprising the local government area of Northumberland County Council
North YorkshireThe area of North Yorkshire MCC
NottinghamshireThe area of Nottinghamshire MCC
OxfordshireThe part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the local government area of Oxfordshire County Council
ShropshireThe area of Shropshire MCC
SomersetThe 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
StaffordshireThe area of Staffordshire MCC
SuffolkThe area of Suffolk MCC
SurreyThe 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
WarwickshireThe area of Warwickshire MCC
West MidlandsThe area of West Midlands MCC
West YorkshireThe area of West Yorkshire MCC
West SussexThe area of West Sussex MCC
WiltshireThe area of Wiltshire MCC
PART II <Strong>COMMISSION AREAS IN WALES</Strong>
Name of commission areaExtent 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 MCC comprising the following local government areas: Carmarthenshire County Council Pembrokeshire County Council Ceredigion County Council
GwentThe 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
PowysThe 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 MCC 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 III <Strong>COMMISSION AREAS IN GREATER LONDON</Strong>
Name of commission areaExtent of commission area
City of LondonThe area of the City of London MCC
Inner LondonThe 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.

1997 c. 25. A new version of section 1 was substituted by section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22). S.I. 1999/3010. The Avon and Somerset magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/3133. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/523. The Northumbria magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2707 as amended by 1998/3108. The West Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2769 as amended by S.I. 1999/152. The Dyfed Powys magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2664. The South Wales magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/1609.