Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 695
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas (Amendment) Order 2001
Made
5th March 2001
Coming into force
1st April 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
Magistrates' courts committee areas
2. For the Schedule to the Magistrates' Courts Committee Areas Order 1999( 2 ) there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy,
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 5th March 2001
Article 2
SCHEDULE
PART I MAGISTRATES' COURTS COMMITTEE AREAS INENGLAND OUTSIDE GREATER LONDON
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Name of committee | Local government areas |
| Avon and Somerset( 3 ) | Bath and North East Somerset Council Bristol City Council North Somerset Council Somerset County Council South Gloucestershire Council |
| Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire County Council Luton Borough Council |
| Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire County Council Peterborough City Borough Council |
| Cheshire | Cheshire County Council Halton Borough Council Warrington Council |
| Cleveland | Hartlepool Borough Council Middlesbrough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Stockton on Tees Borough Council |
| Cumbria | Cumbria County Council |
| Derbyshire | Derbyshire County Council Derby City Council |
| Devon and Cornwall | Cornwall County Council Devon County Council Plymouth City Council Torbay Council Isles of Scilly Council |
| Dorset | Dorset County Council Bournemouth Borough Council Poole Borough Council |
| Durham | Durham County Council Darlington Borough Council |
| Essex | Essex County Council Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Thurrock Borough Council |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire County Council |
| Greater Manchester( 4 ) | Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Bury Metropolitan Borough Council City of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council Manchester City Council Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight( 5 ) | Hampshire County Council Isle of Wight County Council Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council |
| Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire County Council |
| Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire Council Kingston-upon-Hull City Council North East Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council |
| Kent | Kent County Council Medway Towns District Council |
| Lancashire | Lancashire County Council Blackburn with Darwen Council Blackpool Borough Council |
| Leicestershire | Leicestershire County Council Leicester City Council Rutland County District Council |
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire County Council |
| Merseyside | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Liverpool City Council Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Norfolk | Norfolk County Council |
| Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire County Council |
| Northumbria( 6 ) | Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Newcastle upon Tyne City Council North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Northumberland County Council South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Sunderland City Council |
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire County Council City of York Council |
| Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire County Council Nottingham City Council |
| Staffordshire | Staffordshire County Council Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| South Yorkshire( 7 ) | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council City of Sheffield Metropolitan Borough Council Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Suffolk | Suffolk County Council |
| Surrey | Surrey County Council |
| Sussex( 8 ) | Brighton and Hove Borough Council East Sussex County Council West Sussex County Council |
| Thames Valley | Oxfordshire County Council Bracknell Forest Borough District Council Newbury District Council Reading Borough Council Slough Borough Council Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham District Council Buckinghamshire County Council Milton Keynes Borough Council |
| Warwickshire | Warwickshire County Council |
| West Midlands | Birmingham City Council Coventry City Council Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council |
| West Mercia( 9 ) | County of Herefordshire District Council Shropshire County Council Telford and Wrekin Council Worcestershire County Council |
| West Yorkshire( 10 ) | Bradford City Council Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council Leeds City Council Wakefield City Council |
| Wiltshire | Wiltshire County Council Swindon Borough Council |
PART II MAGISTRATES' COURTS COMMITTEE AREAS IN WALES
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Name of committee | Local government areas |
| Dyfed Powys( 11 ) | Carmarthenshire County Council Ceredigion County Council Pembrokeshire County Council Powys County Council |
| Gwent | Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Caerphilly County Borough Council Monmouthshire County Council Newport County Borough Council Torfaen County Borough Council |
| North Wales | Isle of Anglesey County Council Denbighshire County Council Flintshire County Council Gwynedd County Council Wrexham County Borough Council Conwy County Borough Council |
| South Wales( 12 ) | Bridgend County Borough Council Cardiff City and County Council City and County of Swansea Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council |
1997 c. 25 . Section 27A(2) was inserted into the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 by section 81 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) .
The Avon and Somerset magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/3133 .
The Greater Manchester magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/2426 .
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/523 .
The Northumbria magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2707 as amended by S.I. 1998/3108 .
The South Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/2209 .
The Sussex magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/2542 .
The West Mercia magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/1705 .
The West Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2769 as amended by 1999/152 .
The Dyfed Powys magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1998/2664 .
The South Wales magistrates' courts committee was constituted by S.I. 1999/1609 .