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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the first order under section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 as substituted by section 74 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. It specifies the commission areas for England and Wales. Each of the areas was a commission area immediately before section 74 came into force.