Section 4 Petty sessions areas.F1 C1

England and Wales

(1)

England and Wales shall also be divided into areas known as petty sessions areas.

(2)

The areas and their names shall be as specified by the Lord Chancellor by order made by statutory instrument.

(3)

Each petty sessions area shall consist of either—

(a)

the whole of a commission area; or

(b)

an area wholly included within a commission area.

Annotations

F1: S. 4 substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 75(1), 108(3)(c) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

C1: S. 4 amended (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 105, 108(3)(e), Sch. 14 para. 20 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(i)

F1: Act repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 6(4), 109(3), 110(1), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(aa) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2005/911)