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

S.I. 2003/331 · made 17 February 2003

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.

Made under: Children Act 1989 (Schedule 11)

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## Introductory text

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 1989, makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation 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.

## 2 Amendments 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 1991—
(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 Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 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—
“
Fenland
Peterborough County Court
”;
(f) after the entry for the petty sessions area of Hastings insert—
“
Haverhill and Sudbury
Ipswich County Court
”;
(g) for the entry for the petty sessions area of Huntingdon substitute—
“
Huntingdonshire
Peterborough 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 Suffolk
Ipswich County Court
”;
(j) for the entry for the petty sessions area of North Witchford substitute—
“
North West Suffolk
Ipswich 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 Stowmarket
Ipswich 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 Suffolk
Ipswich 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.

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