The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 No. 3010


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Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 3010

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999

Made

3rd November 1999

Coming into force

1st December 1999

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997(1) and paragraph 19 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999(2), makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.

(2) In this Order "MCC" means magistrates' courts committee.

Commission areas

2.-(1) Each of the areas of England outside Greater London specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.

(2) Each of the areas of Wales specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.

(3) Each of the areas of Greater London specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane Kennedy

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor's Department

3rd November 1999

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Part ICommission areas in England outside Greater London

Name of commission areaExtent of commission area
AvonThe area of Avon MCC
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

HampshireThe area of Hampshire MCC
Hereford and WorcesterThe area of Hereford and Worcester MCC
HertfordshireThe area of Hertfordshire MCC
HumbersideThe area of Humberside MCC
Isle of WightThe area of Isle of Wight MCC
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 area of Northumberland MCC
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 area of Somerset MCC
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 areas of the following MCCs:

  • Gateshead

  • Newcastle upon Tyne

  • North Tyneside

  • South Tyneside

  • Sunderland

WarwickshireThe area of Warwickshire MCC
West MidlandsThe area of West Midlands MCC
West Yorkshire

The areas of the following MCCs:

  • Calderdale

  • Leeds

  • West Riding

West SussexThe area of West Sussex MCC
WiltshireThe area of Wiltshire MCC

Part IICommission areas in Wales

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

DyfedThe area of Dyfed MCC
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 area of Powys MCC
South WalesThe area of South Wales MCC
West GlamorganThe area of West Glamorgan MCC

Part IIICommission areas in Greater London

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

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the first order under section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 as substituted by section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. It specifies the commission areas for England and Wales. Each of the areas was a commission area immediately before section 74 came into force.

(1)

1997 c. 25. A new version of section 1 is substituted by section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22). This is the first order under the substituted section 1.


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