# The Petty Sessions Areas (Divisions and Names) Regulations 1988, Regulation 2


In these Regulations—
“committee” means a magistrates' courts committee established under section 19 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 acting for a non-metropolitan county, a metropolitan district or an outer London borough;
“the Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1979;
“the area” means the area to which a draft order or a report under section 23 of the Act, or a draft order under section 24A of the Act, relates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1698/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/petty-sessions-areas-divisions-and-names-regulations-1988/regulation-2
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