# The Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas Order 1999 S.I. 1999/3008 · made 3 November 1999 This is the first order under section 27A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, inserted by section 81 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. It specifies the magistrates' courts committee areas for England outside Greater London and Wales. Each of the areas was a magistrates' courts committee area immediately before section 81 came into force. Made under: Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed) (Section 27A); Access to Justice Act 1999 (Schedule 14 paragraph 29) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-order-1999/pdf/uksi_19993008_en.pdf ## Introductory text MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 3rd November 1999 Coming into force 1st December 1999 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 and paragraph 29 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999, makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation and commencement This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999. ## 2 Magistrates' courts committee areas (1) Each of the magistrates' courts committees in England outside Greater London specified in column 1 of Part I of the Schedule to this Order comprises the local government areas set out opposite the name of that committee in column 2 of Part I of the Schedule to this Order. (2) Each of the magistrates' courts committees in Wales specified in column 1 of Part II of the Schedule to this Order comprises the local government areas set out opposite the name of that committee in column 2 of Part II of the Schedule to this Order. ## Signature Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department 3rd November 1999 ## I Magistrates' courts committee areas in England outside Greater London Column 1 Column 2 Name of committee Local government areas Avon Bath and North East Somerset Council Bristol City Council North Somerset Council South Gloucestershire Council Barnsley Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Bedfordshire Bedfordshire County Council Luton Borough Council Calderdale Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire County Council Peterborough City Borough Council Cheshire Cheshire County Council Halton Borough Council Warrington Council Cleveland Hartlepool Borough Council Middlesbrough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Stockton on Tees Borough Council Cumbria Cumbria County Council Derbyshire Derbyshire County Council Derby City Council Devon and Cornwall Cornwall County Council Devon County Council Plymouth City Council Torbay Council Isle of Scilly Council Doncaster Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Dorset Dorset County Council Bournemouth Borough Council Poole Borough Council Durham Durham County Council Darlington Borough Council East Sussex East Sussex County Council Brighton and Hove Borough Council Essex Essex County Council Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Thurrock Borough Council Gateshead Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Council Hampshire Hampshire County Council Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council Hereford and Worcester Worcestershire County Council County of Herefordshire District Council Hertfordshire Hertfordshire County Council Humberside East Riding of Yorkshire Council Kingston-upon-Hull City Council North East Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council Isle of Wight Isle of Wight County Council Kent Kent County Council Medway Towns District Council Lancashire Lancashire County Council Blackburn with Darwen Council Blackpool Borough Council Leeds Leeds City Council Leicestershire Leicestershire County Council Leicester City Council Rutland County District Council Lincolnshire Lincolnshire County Council Manchester Manchester City Council Merseyside Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Liverpool City Council Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne City Council Norfolk Norfolk County Council Northamptonshire Northamptonshire County Council Northumberland Northumberland County Council North and West Greater Manchester Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council City of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council North Tyneside North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council North Yorkshire North Yorkshire County Council City of York Council Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Council Nottingham City Council Oldham Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Rotherham Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Sheffield City of Sheffield Metropolitan Borough Council Shropshire Shropshire County Council Telford and Wrekin Council Somerset Somerset County Council South Tyneside South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Staffordshire Staffordshire County Council Stoke-on-Trent City Council Stockport Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Suffolk Suffolk County Council Sunderland Sunderland City Council Surrey Surrey County Council Tameside Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Thames Valley Oxfordshire County Council Bracknell Forest Borough District Council Newbury District Council Reading Borough Council Slough Borough Council Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham District Council Buckinghamshire County Council Milton Keynes Borough Council Trafford Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Warwickshire Warwickshire County Council West Midlands Birmingham City Council Coventry City Council Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council West Riding Bradford City Council Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council Wakefield City Council West Sussex West Sussex County Council Wiltshire Wiltshsire County Council Swindon Borough Council ## II Magistrates' courts committee areas in Wales Column 1 Column 2 Name of committee Local government areas Dyfed Carmarthenshire County Council Pembrokeshire County Council Ceredigion County Council Gwent Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Caerphilly County Borough Council Monmouthshire County Council Newport County Borough Council Torfaen County Borough Council North Wales Isle of Anglesey County Council Denbighshire County Council Flintshire County Council Gwynedd County Council Wrexham County Borough Council Conwy County Borough Council Powys Powys County Council South Wales Bridgend County Borough Council Cardiff City and County Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council West Glamorgan Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council City and County of Swansea Council ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This is the first order under section 27A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, inserted by section 81 of the Access to Justice Act 1999. It specifies the magistrates' courts committee areas for England outside Greater London and Wales. Each of the areas was a magistrates' courts committee area immediately before section 81 came into force. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3008 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committee-areas-order-1999 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.