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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/55",
  "legislation_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Commission areas.",
  "text": "Subject to any order made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992,or 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 . . ., that is to say—\n(a) every metropolitan county or relevant area in England;\n(aa) every preserved county in Wales;\n(b) every London commission area; and\n(c) the City of London.\nand in this Act “commission area” means an area for which there is a commission of the peace.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/675, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I, para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 repealed (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 1(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/674, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 1(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power to amend s. 1 conferred (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 55(3)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/55/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:01.284091+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}