# Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed), Section 26: Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire.

Extent: E+W

(1) This section applies to the area consisting of the counties of Greater Manchester and Merseyside and the retained county of Lancashire; and for this purpose the retained county of Lancashire is that county as it stood immediately before 1st April 1995.
(2) Sections 5(1), 6 and 25 above have effect—
(a) in the case of a commission area which is wholly included within the area to which this section applies with the substitution, for any reference to the Lord Chancellor, of a reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and
(b) in the case of a commission area which is partly included within that area with the substitution, for any reference to the Lord Chancellor, of a reference to the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster acting jointly.
(3) Sections 7(4) to (6) and 8 above have effect—
(a) in the case of a person who is a justice of the peace only for a commission area which is wholly included within that area with the substitution, for any reference to the Lord Chancellor, of a reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and
(b) in the case of a person who is a justice either for such a commission area and another commission area or for a commission area which is partly included within that area with the substitution, for any reference to the Lord Chancellor, of a reference to the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster acting jointly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-26
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