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 area
Extent of commission area
Avon
The area of Avon MCC
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 area of Hampshire MCC
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 area of Isle of Wight MCC
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 area of Northumberland MCC
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 area of Somerset MCC
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 areas of the following MCCs:
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Sunderland
Warwickshire
The area of Warwickshire MCC
West Midlands
The area of West Midlands MCC
West Yorkshire
The areas of the following MCCs:
Calderdale
Leeds
West Riding
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 area of Dyfed MCC
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 area of Powys MCC
South Wales
The area of South Wales MCC
West Glamorgan
The area of West Glamorgan MCC
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
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.
(2)
1999 c. 22.
