Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed) (c. 25)

Part I E+W Commissions of the peace and petty sessions areas

[F1 1 Commission areas. E+W

(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

F1 S. 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)

C1 S. 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)