# The Local Justice Areas Order 2016, Article 3: New Areas


(1) The existing areas of—
(a) Bristol,
(b) North Avon, and
(c) Somerset,
are combined to become a new area named Avon and Somerset.
(2) The existing areas of—
(a) Newcastle and Ogmore, and
(b) Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan,
are combined to become a new area named Cardiff.
(3) The existing areas of—
(a) North Cheshire,
(b) South and East Cheshire, and
(c) West Cheshire,
are combined to become a new area named Cheshire.
(4) The existing areas of—
(a) Hartlepool, and
(b) Teesside,
are combined to become a new area of Cleveland.
(5) The existing areas of—
(a) South East Hampshire, and
(b) South Hampshire,
are combined to become a new area named East Hampshire.
(6) The existing areas of—
(a) East Yorkshire,
(b) Grimsby and Cleethorpes,
(c) Hull and Holderness, and
(d) North Lincolnshire,
are combined to become a new area named Humber.
(7) The existing areas of—
(a) Liverpool and Knowsley,
(b) Sefton,
(c) St Helens, and
(d) Wirral,
are combined to become a new area named Merseyside.
(8) The existing areas of—
(a) Brecknock and Radnorshire, and
(b) Glamorgan Valleys,
are combined to become a new area named Mid Wales.
(9) The existing areas of—
(a) Corby,
(b) Kettering,
(c) Northampton, Daventry and Towcester, and
(d) Wellingborough,
are combined to become a new area named Northamptonshire.
(10) The existing areas of—
(a) Conwy, and
(b) Denbighshire,
are combined to become a new area named North Central Wales.
(11) The existing areas of—
(a) Gwynedd, and
(b) Ynys Môn/ Anglesey
are combined to become a new area named North West Wales.
(12) The existing areas of—
(a) Barnsley District,
(b) Doncaster,
(c) Rotherham, and
(d) Sheffield,
are combined to become a new area named South Yorkshire.
(13) The existing areas of—
(a) Central and South West Staffordshire,
(b) North Staffordshire, and
(c) South East Staffordshire,
are combined to become a new area named Staffordshire.
(14) The existing areas of—
(a) North Surrey
(b) South East Surrey, and
(c) South West Surrey,
are combined to become a new area named Surrey.
(15) The existing areas of—
(a) Bradford and Keighley,
(b) Calderdale,
(c) Kirklees,
(d) Leeds District, and
(e) Wakefield and Pontefract,
are combined to become a new area named West Yorkshire.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/941/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2016/article-3
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