# The Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) (Amendment) Order 1974 S.I. 1974/403 · made 7 March 1974 Article 3 of and Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) Order 1973 provide for the division of non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts established by the Local Government Act 1972 into petty sessional divisions. Article 3(1) of and Part I of the Schedule to, this Order amend Schedule 1 in relation to the counties of Cheshire, Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey and Gwent and the districts of Wigan, Sefton and Bradford. Only the amendments relating to Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey, Wigan and Sefton effect boundary changes; the changes relating to Surrey are consequential upon the Charlwood and Horley Act 1974 (c. 11). PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-petty-sessional-divisions-etc-amendment-order-1974/pdf/uksi_19740403_en.pdf ## Introductory text LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 7th March 1974 Laid before Parliament 19th March 1974 Coming into Operation 1st April 1974 In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 254 and 266 of the Local Government Act 1972, I hereby make the following Order:— ## 1 (1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) (Amendment) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1974. (2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) Order 1973 ## 2 Article 11 of the principal Order shall be amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:— “(2) Anything done under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 or the Gaming Act 1968 by or in relation to the betting licensing committee for an existing petty sessions area, being a thing having effect immediately before 1st April 1974 shall continue to have like effect on and after that date as if the Local Government Act 1972 had not been passed but shall be treated as if it had been done by or in relation to the betting licensing committee for the new petty sessions area in which the premises concerned are situated; and anything done under either of those Acts by or in relation to any other person or body shall have effect accordingly”. ## 3 (1) Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order. (2) Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order. (3) Part III of the Schedule to this Order shall have effect for the interpretation of Part II of that Schedule. ## Signature Roy Jenkins One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State Home Office Whitehall 7th March 1974 ## Schedule: AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER ### Part I: SCHEDULE 1 ## 1 In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Cheshire, for the word “Crewe” where it appears in columns (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the words “Crewe and Nantwich”. ## 2 For the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire there shall be substituted the following entry:— “ (1) (2) (3) Non-metropolitan county Petty sessional division Area comprised therein Lancashire Accrington The borough of Accrington Blackburn The county borough of Blackburn In the rural district of Blackburn, the parishes of Livesey and Pleasington Blackpool The district of Blackpool Burnley The district of Burnley Chorley The district of Chorley Church The district of Hyndburn except that part in the new division of Accrington Darwen The district of Blackburn except that part in the new division of Blackburn Fylde The district of Fylde Lancaster The district of Lancaster Ormskirk The district of West Lancashire Pendle The district of Pendle Preston The district of Preston Ribble Valley The district of Ribble Valley Rossendale The district of Rossendale South Ribble The district of South Ribble Wyre The district of Wyre ”. ## 3 In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Somerset, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Wells, for the words “parish of Blagdon” there shall be substituted the words “parishes of Blagdon and Burrington”. ## 4 In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Surrey— (a) in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Dorking, the words “except the new parish of Salfords and Sidlow” shall be omitted; and (b) for the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Reigate there shall be substituted the following entry:— “The district of Reigate and Banstead except the urban district of Banstead”. ## 5 In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Gwent, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Newport, for the words “The Newport division” there shall be substituted the words “In the Newport division, so much as lies in the new county of Gwent”. ## 6 For the entry relating to the metropolitan district of Wigan there shall be substituted the following entry:— “ (1) (2) (3) Metropolitan district Petty sessional division Area comprised therein Wigan Leigh The borough of Leigh In the Leigh division, so much as lies in the district of Wigan Makerfield The district of Wigan except the areas in the new divisions of Leigh and Wigan Wigan The county borough of Wigan The urban district of Standish-with-Langtree In the rural district of Wigan, the parishes of Haigh, Shevington and Worthington ”. ## 7 In the entry relating to the metropolitan district of Sefton, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of South Sefton— (a) for the words “section 16(2)” there shall be substituted the words “section 16”; and (b) at the end there shall be added the words “In the rural district of West Lancashire, the parishes of Aintree, Maghull, Melling, Netherton and Sefton and so much of the parish of Lydiate as lies in the district of Sefton”. ## 8 In the entry relating to the metropolitan district of Bradford, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Keighley, the word “county” shall be omitted. ### Part II: SCHEDULE 2 ## III INTERPRETATION In Part II of this Schedule— (a) “entry” means entry in column (3) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order; and (b) any reference to a named area which is in brackets is a reference to the existing commission of the peace area of that name in column (1) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order. ## Explanatory note Article 3 of and Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) Order 1973 provide for the division of non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts established by the Local Government Act 1972 into petty sessional divisions. Article 3(1) of and Part I of the Schedule to, this Order amend Schedule 1 in relation to the counties of Cheshire, Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey and Gwent and the districts of Wigan, Sefton and Bradford. Only the amendments relating to Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey, Wigan and Sefton effect boundary changes; the changes relating to Surrey are consequential upon the Charlwood and Horley Act 1974 (c. 11). Article 3(2) of, and Part II of the Schedule to, this Order make consequential amendments to Schedule 2 to the Order of 1973 (which specifies new petty sessions areas in respect of existing petty sessions areas for transitional purposes). Rider to Explanatory Note Article 11 of the Order of 1973 makes transitional provision in relation to licensing justices; Article 2 of this Order amends that Article by adding a similar provision in relation to betting licensing committees. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/403 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-petty-sessional-divisions-etc-amendment-order-1974 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.