This Order specifies the local justice areas into which England and Wales is divided under section 8 of the Courts Act 2003. The Act requires the first Order under section 8 to specify as local justice areas the areas which were petty sessions areas before 1st April 2005.

Maps showing the local justice areas are available for inspection at any reasonable time at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Selborne House, 54-60 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW.