Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to a draft Order submitted by the magistrates' courts committee for the county of Somerset and provides for the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Ilminster, Somerton, Wincanton and Yeovil to form a new division to be known as the South Somerset petty sessional division and for the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Frome, Shepton Mallet and Wells to be combined to form a new division to be known as the Mendip petty sessional division.