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This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1713) to take account of the creation of the new petty sessional divisions of Northern Oxfordshire, Southern Oxfordshire and Oxford as effected by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Berkshire and Oxfordshire) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2959) and the Petty Sessional Divisions (Berkshire and Oxfordshire) (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2960) which come into force subject to certain exceptions on 1st April 1999. The former petty sessional divisions of Banbury, Bicester and Witney are combined to form Northern Oxfordshire. Southern Oxfordshire is created from the former petty sessional divisions of Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage. The new petty sessional division of Oxford subsumes the former divisions of Oxford, Thame and Henley.