# Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed), Section 1: Commission areas.

Extent: E+W

(1) England and Wales shall be divided into areas for each of which there shall be a commission of the peace.
(2) The areas shall be as specified by the Lord Chancellor by order made by statutory instrument; but a commission area may not consist of an area partly within and partly outside Greater London.
(3) An area for which there is a commission of the peace shall be known as a commission area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-1
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