1. This Order may be cited as the Petty Sessional Divisions (Cornwall) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988 except that for the purposes of paragraph 2 of the Schedule thereto this Order shall come into force forthwith.
2. In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the expression “division” means petty sessional division and any reference to a justice for a division shall be construed as a reference to a justice of the peace who ordinarily acts, or, as the case may be, will on or after 1st January 1988, ordinarily act, in and for that division.
3.—(1) The divisions of Falmouth and Penryn shall be combined to form a new division which shall be known as the Falmouth-Penryn division.
(2) The two divisions of Truro and West Powder and South Powder shall be combined to form a new division which shall be known as the Truro and South Powder division.
4. The transitional and other consequential provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in connection with the provisions of article 3 of this Order.
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
13th October 1987