(1)England and Wales shall be divided into areas for each of which there shall be a commission of the peace.
(2)The areas shall be as specified by the Lord Chancellor by order made by statutory instrument; but a commission area may not consist of an area partly within and partly outside Greater London.
(3)An area for which there is a commission of the peace shall be known as a commission area.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 substituted for ss. 1, 2 (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 74(1), 108(3)(c) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1 amended (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 105, 108(3)(e), Sch. 14 para. 19 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(i)