Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the reorganisation of the local justice areas in the Dyfed Powys. A new local justice area named Pembrokeshire replaces the existing local justice areas of North Pembrokeshire and South Pembrokeshire. A new local justice area named Montgomeryshire replaces the existing local justice areas of De Maldwyn and Welshpool. The Order is brought into force immediately for the purpose of enabling appointments to be made on the basis of the combined areas and on 1st January 2006 for the substantive creation of the combined areas.