Section 1 Commission areas.C1

England and Wales

F1Subject to any order made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992,F2or section 55 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 there shall in England and Wales be a commission of the peace for the following areas F3. . ., that is to say—

F4(a)

every metropolitan county or relevant area in England;

F5(aa)

every preserved county in Wales;

(b)

every London commission area; and

(c)

the City of London.

F6and in this Act “commission area” means an area for which there is a commission of the peace.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 1 inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(a)
F2: Words in s. 1 inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/675, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I, para. 1(1)
F3: Words in s. 1 repealed (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(b)
F4: S. 1(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(c)
F5: S. 1(aa) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 10(1); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 3, Sch.1
F6: Words in s. 1 inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(d)

Modifications

C1: Power to amend s. 1 conferred (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 55(3)(a)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(3), 74(1), Sch. 6 Pt.I (with savings in Sch. 4 Pt. II paras. 6(a), 23, 28 and saving (temp.) for ss. 58 and 70 of the repealed Act in Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 7(2)(a)