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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 23rd September 2000

Laid before Parliament 29th September 2000

Coming into force 1st January 2001

Whereas the Devon and Cornwall magistrates' courts committee have, in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 32A of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997^f1, submitted to the Lord Chancellor written proposals for the alteration of commission areas including parts of the area for which they are the committee:

And whereas by subsections (4) and (5) of the said section it is provided that any order made by the Lord Chancellor under section 1(2) of the said Act shall be taken to implement such proposals if it does so either without changes or only with changes which do not appear to him to be important and that any such order may contain such consequential and transitional provisions as appear to him to be necessary or expedient;

And whereas the provisions of subsection (2) of section 32A of the Act of 1997 have been complied with:

Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of powers conferred on him by the said section 1(2), makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: 1997 c. 25; new section 1 was substituted by, and section 32A was inserted by, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), section 74.