Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to a draft Order submitted by the magistrates' courts committee for the county of Staffordshire and provides for: –

the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Stafford, Stone, Eccleshall and Uttoxeter to form a new division to be known as the Mid-Staffordshire petty sessional division; –

the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Leek and Cheadle to form a new division to be known as the Staffordshire Moorlands petty sessional division; –

the combination of the petty sessional divisions of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Pirehill North to form a new division to be known as the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Pirehill North petty sessional division.