{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2012/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2012/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1277",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Justice Areas Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "New Areas",
  "text": "(1) The existing areas of Halton and Warrington are combined to become a new area named North Cheshire.\n(2) The existing areas of North Durham and South Durham are combined to become a new area named County Durham and Darlington.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1277/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:31:42.703789+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}