# The Magistrates' Courts (Wales) (Consequences of Local Government Changes) Order 1996, Article 4


Where by virtue of an order under section 55 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 one or more commission areas are created, abolished or altered, article 3 shall have effect in relation to that change with the following modifications:
(a) for every reference to 1st April 1996 there shall be substituted the date on which the order comes into force;
(b) for the reference to section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 there shall be substituted a reference to the order;
(c) at the end of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the words “until such time as commissions of the peace for the new commission areas are granted”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/675/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-wales-consequences-of-local-government-changes-order-1996/article-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.