The Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) Order 1973

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if this Order and the orders revoked thereby were Acts of Parliament.

(2) In this Order any reference to an enactment is a reference to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.

(3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression—

“existing petty sessions area” means a petty sessions area in existence on the date of making of this Order;

“new petty sessions area” means—

(a)

in relation to a non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district which is not divided into petty sessional divisions by Article 3 of and Schedule 1 to this Order, that county or district; and

(b)

in relation to any other non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district, one of the petty sessional divisions into which that county or district is so divided;

“respective new petty sessions area” in relation to an existing petty sessions area means the new petty sessions area specified in relation to that existing petty sessions area in column (3) of Schedule 2 to this Order;

“existing licensing district” means a licensing district in existence on the date of making of this Order;

“probation order” means a probation order made or having effect as if made under section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948;

“supervision order” means any of the following orders, that is to say—

(i)

a supervision order within the meaning of section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 or to which paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to that Act applies;

(ii)

an order under section (2)(1)(f) of the Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 1960;

(iii)

a supervision order within the meaning of section 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972;

“community service order” has the same meaning as in the Criminal Justice Act 1972.