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The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/331 · Made 17 February 2003

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FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 17th February 2003

Laid before Parliament 20th February 2003

Coming into force 1st April 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Part I of Schedule 11 to the Children Act 1989f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1989 c. 41.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

2Amendments to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991

In the section headed “South Eastern Circuit” in Schedule 2 to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991f1—

(a)

omit the entry for the petty sessions area of Beccles;

(b)

in the entry for the petty sessions area of Cambridge in column (ii), for “Peterborough County Court” substitute “Cambridge County Court”;

(c)

after the entry for the petty sessions area of Eastbourne insert—

“

East CambridgeshireCambridge County Court

”;

(d)

omit the entry for the petty sessions area of Ely;

(e)

for the entry for the petty sessions area of Felixstowe substitute—

“

FenlandPeterborough County Court

”;

(f)

after the entry for the petty sessions area of Hastings insert—

“

Haverhill and SudburyIpswich County Court

”;

(g)

for the entry for the petty sessions area of Huntingdon substitute—

“

HuntingdonshirePeterborough County Court

”;

(h)

omit the entries for the petty sessions areas of Ipswich, Lowestoft and Mildenhall;

(i)

for the entry for the petty sessions area of Newmarket substitute—

“

North East SuffolkIpswich County Court

”;

(j)

for the entry for the petty sessions area of North Witchford substitute—

“

North West SuffolkIpswich County Court

”;

(k)

omit the entry for the petty sessions area of Risbridge;

(l)

for the entry for the petty sessions area of St Edmundsbury substitute—

“

St Edmundsbury and StowmarketIpswich County Court

”;

(m)

omit the entry for the petty sessions area of Saxmundham;

(n)

after the entry for the petty sessions area of Slough insert—

“

South East SuffolkIpswich County Court

”;

(o)

omit the entries for the petty sessions areas of Stow, Sudbury and Cosford, Toseland, Wisbech and Woodbridge.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Rosie Winterton

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 17th February 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes amendments to Schedule 2 to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1677), which allocates care centres to petty sessions areas grouped according to circuit. The amendments make Cambridge County Court a care centre with effect from 1st April 2003.