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Statutory Instruments
MAGISTRATES' COURTS
Made
14th June 1999
Laid before Parliament
16th June 1999
Coming into force
for the purpose of articles 2 and 4
1st April 2001
for all other purposes
12th July 1999
Whereas the magistrates' courts committees for the retained counties(1) of Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire have submitted proposals to the Lord Chancellor under section 32(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997(2) for the amalgamation of the magistrates' courts committees for their areas:
And whereas the provisions of section 32(2) of that Act have been complied with:
Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 32(3) and (8) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:
“retained county” is defined by section 72(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25) in relation to England as the area of a non-metropolitan county created by Part I of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), as it stood immediately before 1st April 1995.
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