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The Petty Sessions Areas (Amendment) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/3220 · Made 1 December 1999

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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 1st December 1999

Coming into force 1st January 2000

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1997 c. 25. A new version of section 4 was substituted by section 75 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Petty sessions areas
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Petty Sessions Areas (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000.

2Petty sessions areas

In Part I of the Schedule to the Petty Sessions Areas Order 1999f1—

(a)

for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “BEDFORDSHIRE” in column 2 there shall be substituted—

“

Bedford and Mid Bedfordshire
Luton and South Bedfordshire

”f2;

(b)

for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “ESSEX” in column 2 there shall be substituted—

“

Mid-North Essex
Mid-South Essex
North-East Essex
North-West Essex
South-East Essex
South-West Essex

”f3;

(c)

for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “KENT” in column 2 there shall be substituted—

“

Canterbury and St. Augustine
Channel
Dartford and Gravesham
Faversham and Sittingbourne
Medway
Mid Kent
Thanet
West Kent

”f4;

(d)

for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “STAFFORDSHIRE” in column 2 there shall be substituted—

“

Burton upon Trent
Cannock and Seisdon
Lichfield and Tamworth
Mid Staffordshire and Rugeley
North Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent

”f5;

(e)

for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “WILTSHIRE” in column 2 there shall be substituted—

“

North West Wiltshire
South East Wiltshire
Swindon

”f6.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane Kennedy

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 1st December 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the list of petty sessions areas in the Petty Sessions Areas Order 1999 (which was the list of petty sessions areas in existence immediately before 27th September 1999) to take account of changes that were effected by Orders made before 27th September 1999, but coming into force on 1st January 2000.