1. This Order may be cited as the Petty Sessional Divisions (Suffolk) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988, except that for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 thereto this Order shall come into force forthwith.

2. In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the expression "division" means petty sessional division and any reference to a justice for a division shall be construed as a reference to a justice of the peace who ordinarily acts, or, as the case may be, will on or after 1st April 1988 ordinarily act, in and for that division.

3. The divisions of Blything, Hartismere, St. Edmundsbury and Stow shall be abolished and-

(a)from the area comprised in the division of Blything together with the parishes set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order there shall be constituted a new division to be known as the Saxmundham division;

(b)from the area comprised in the division of St. Edmundsbury together with the parishes set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order there shall be constituted a new division to be known as the St. Edmundsbury division;

(c)from the area comprised in the division of Stow together with the parishes set out in Part III of Schedule 1 to this Order there shall be constituted a new division to be known as the Stow division.

4. The transitional and other consequential provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in connection with the provisions of Article 3 of this Order.

Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE 1

PART I

Ashfield-cum-Thorpe, Athelington, Bedfield, Brundish, Fressingfield, Horham, Laxfield, Mendham, Metfield, Monk Soham, Stradbroke, Tannington, Weybread, Wilby, Wingfield, Worlingworth.

PART II

Botesdale, Burgate, Hinderclay, Palgrave, Redgrave, Rickinghall Inferior, Rickinghall Superior, Wattisfield, Wortham.

PART III

Aspall, Bedingfield, Brome and Oakley, Braiseworth, Debenham, Denham, Eye, Framsden, Gislingham, Hoxne, Kenton, Mellis, Mendlesham, Occold, Pettaugh, Redlingfield, Rishangles, Southolt, Stoke Ash, Stuston, Syleham, Thorndon, Thornham Magna, Thornham Parva, Thrandeston, Thwaite, Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Wickham Skeith, Winston, Yaxley.

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

1. In this Schedule-

"abolished division" means a division abolished by Article 3 of this Order;

"new division" means a division constituted by Article 3 of this Order;

"respective new division" in relation to an abolished division means the new division specified opposite to that abolished division in column (2) of the Appendix to this Schedule;

"community service order" means an order made under section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973(2);

"probation order" means a probation order made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

"supervision order" means any of the following orders, that is to say-

2.-(1) The justices for a new division shall appoint, in the prescribed manner, so far as may be applicable, and for the prescribed term, to take office on 1st April 1988-

(a)a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen;

(b)one or more probation liaison committees;

(c)a justice or justices to serve as a member or members of the magistrates' courts committee for the county of Suffolk;

(d)a divisional licensing committee;

(e)a betting licensing committee;

(f)a domestic court panel.

(2) In the foregoing sub-paragraph, the expression "the prescribed manner" and "the prescribed term" mean respectively-

(a)in relation to the election of a chairman or deputy chairman, the manner prescribed by rules made, or having effect as if made, under section 18 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1988;

(b)in relation to the appointment of a probation liaison committee, the manner prescribed by rules made, or having effect as if made, under Schedule 3 to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1988;

(c)in relation to the appointment of a member of the magistrates' courts committee, the manner prescribed by regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 21 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 and a term ending at the expiration of the month of November 1988;

(d)in relation to the appointment of the divisional licensing committee, the manner prescribed in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Licensing Act 1964(8) and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1988;

(e)in relation to the appointment of the betting licensing committee, the manner prescribed by the Betting (Licensing) Regulations 1960(9)and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1988;

(f)in relation to the appointment of a domestic court panel, the manner prescribed by rules made, or having effect as if made, under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by section 67 of that Act, and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1989.

3. The permitted hours under Part III of the Licensing Act 1964 in force immediately before 1st April 1988 in an abolished division shall continue in force there until the coming into force of an order under the said Part III, fixing permitted hours, made in the year 1989 at the general annual licensing meeting of the justices for the respective new division.

4. Anything required by virtue of the foregoing provision of this Schedule to be done on or after 1st April 1988 by, or in relation to, the clerk to the justices for an abolished division shall be done by, or in relation to, the clerk to the justices for the respective new division.

5. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, any process issued, order made, sentence passed, appeal brought, case stated, licence granted, recognisance entered into, proceedings begun, appointment made or other thing done before 1st April 1988 by, from, to or before any justices for an abolished division or their clerk shall, on and after that date, be deemed to have been issued, made, passed, brought, stated, granted, entered into, begun or done by, from, to or before those justices as justices for the respective new division or their clerk, as the case may be.

6. Any order made by a magistrates' court directing the payment of money to the clerk or any other officer of a magistrates' court acting for an abolished division shall have effect as if it had directed payment to be made to the clerk to the justices for the respective new division.

7.-(1) Any process, records or other documents in custody, by virtue of his office as such, of the clerk to the justices for an abolished division shall be retained by that clerk in his capacity as clerk to the justices for the respective new division or, if he does not hold that clerkship, be transferred to the custody of the clerk to the justices for the respective new division.

(2) Copies of, and extracts from, any such record or other document as aforesaid made or certified by the clerk to the justices for a respective new division shall be of the same effect as if they had been made or certified by the clerk to the justices for the abolished division.

8. Where an abolished division is named in a community service order, probation order or supervision order, the powers and functions of the justices for that division in relation to the order shall vest in and be discharged by the justices for the respective new division and the order, unless amended in regard to the division named, shall have effect in all respects as if the respective new division were named therein.

APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 2

Explanatory Note

(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 Suffolk and provides for the abolition of the present petty sessional divisions of Blything, Hartismere, St. Edmundsbury and Stow and their re-constitution as three new divisions of Saxmundham, St. Edmundsbury and Stow.