216 Adaptation of law relating to old counties.E+W
(1)For the purposes of commissions of the peace and the law relating to justices of the peace, magistrates’ courts, the custos rotulorum, lieutenants, sheriffs and matters connected with any of those matters, new counties shall, without prejudice to section 179(1) above, be substituted for counties of any other description.
(2)For the purposes of this section and sections F1. . . , 218 and 219 below the Isles of Scilly shall be deemed to form part of the county of Cornwall.
Textual Amendments
F1Section number repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55, SIF 82), s. 71, Sch. 3