The Magistrates' Courts (Wales) (Consequences of Local Government Changes) Order 1996

Justices of the Peace Act 1979

1.—(1) In section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979(1), after the words “Local Government Act 1992” there shall be inserted the words “or section 55 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994”.

(2) In section 12 of that Act, the following shall be inserted after subsection (5)(c)—

“(d) in relation to a commission area in Wales—

(i) the council of the county or county borough which is or includes the petty sessions area for which the justice acts, or

(ii) where the justice acts for a petty sessions area which is partly included in two or more counties or county boroughs, the councils of those counties and county boroughs.”.

(3) Section 24 of that Act shall be amended by the insertion in subsections (1)(a) and (2) of the words “, county borough in Wales” after the words “unitary district”, and by the insertion in subsections (1)(b), (2) and (6)(a) of the words “in England” after the words “a non-metropolitan county”.

(4) Section 24B of that Act shall be amended by the insertion in subsections (1)(a) and (2) of the words “, county borough in Wales” after the words “unitary district”, and by the insertion in subsections (2) and (4)(a) of the words “in England” after the words “a non-metropolitan county”.

(1)

1979 c. 55, as amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and S.I. 1996/674.