1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Justice Areas Order 2011.
(2) This Order comes into force on 19th May 2011 for the purposes of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order.
(3) For all other purposes this Order comes into force on 1st January 2012.
2. In this Order—
“existing area” means a local justice area as it exists immediately before 1st January 2012;
“new area” means a local justice area constituted by this Order.
Any reference to a justice for an area is to 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 2012, ordinarily act, in and for that area.
3. The existing areas named in the left hand column of Table 1 are combined to become the new area named in the corresponding right hand column.
| Existing Areas | New Area |
|---|---|
| LONDON | |
| Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon | West London |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge | North East London |
| Barnet, Brent and Harrow Gore | North West London |
| Kingston, Merton, Richmond-upon-Thames and Wandsworth | South West London |
| Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark, and Sutton | South London |
| Greenwich and Lewisham, Bexley and Bromley | South East London |
| Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and City of Westminster | Central London |
| Camden and Islington, Enfield and Haringey | North London |
| Hackney and Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest | East London |
| MIDLANDS | |
| Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham | Birmingham |
| Ashby de-la-Zouch and Market Bosworth | Ashby de-la-Zouch and Market Bosworth |
| Daventry, Towcester and Northampton | Northampton, Daventry and Towcester |
| Leicester, Market Harborough and Lutterworth | Leicester, Market Harborough and Lutterworth |
| Loughborough and Melton, Belvoir and Rutland | Loughborough, Melton, Belvoir and Rutland |
| Newark and Southwell, and Nottingham | Nottingham and Newark |
| Worksop and Retford, and Mansfield | Mansfield and Worksop |
| NORTH EAST | |
| Langbaurgh East and Teesside | Teesside |
| Houghton-le-Spring and Sunderland | City of Sunderland |
| Tynedale and Newcastle-upon-Tyne District | Newcastle and Tynedale |
| Alnwick and South East Northumberland | Mid and South East Northumberland |
| Beverley and the Wolds, Bridlington, and Goole and Howdenshire | East Yorkshire |
| Bradford and Keighley | Bradford and Keighley |
| Wakefield and Pontefract | Wakefield and Pontefract |
| Batley and Dewsbury, and Huddersfield | Kirklees |
| York and Selby | York and Selby |
| Harrogate and Skipton | Harrogate and Skipton |
| NORTH WEST | |
| Liverpool and Knowsley | Liverpool and Knowsley |
| Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston, and Vale Royal | West Cheshire |
| North Sefton District and South Sefton District | Sefton |
| Carlisle and District, and Eden | North Cumbria |
| West Allerdale and Keswick, and Whitehaven | West Cumbria |
| Blackburn, Darwen and Ribble Valley, and Hyndburn | East Lancashire |
| Bury and Rochdale, and Middleton and Heywood | Bury and Rochdale |
| Manchester City and City of Salford | Manchester and Salford |
| SOUTH EAST | |
| West Hertfordshire and Central Hertfordshire | West and Central Hertfordshire |
| North Hertfordshire and East Hertfordshire | North and East Hertfordshire |
| Milton Keynes, Wycombe and Beaconsfield, and Central Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
| Southern Oxfordshire, Northern Oxfordshire and Oxford | Oxfordshire |
| East Berkshire, West Berkshire and Reading | Berkshire |
| Peterborough and Fenland | North Cambridgeshire |
| East Cambridgeshire and Cambridge | South Cambridgeshire |
| Mid-North Essex, North West Essex and North East Essex | North Essex |
| Mid-South Essex, South West Essex and South East Essex | South Essex |
| Central Norfolk, North Norfolk, South Norfolk, West Norfolk, Great Yarmouth and Norwich | Norfolk |
| SOUTH WEST | |
| Central Devon and North Devon | North and East Devon |
| East Cornwall and West Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Plymouth District and South Devon | South and West Devon |
| Taunton Deane and West Somerset, and Sedgemoor | Taunton Deane, West Somerset and Sedgemoor |
| New Forest and Southampton | West Hampshire |
| North East Hampshire and North West Hampshire | North Hampshire |
| WALES | |
| De Brycheiniog and Radnor, and North Brecknock | Brecknock and Radnorshire |
| Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan |
| Carmarthen, Dinefwr and Llanelli | Carmarthenshire |
| Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire | Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire |
4.—(1) The existing area of North West Surrey is divided between the two existing areas of North Surrey and South West Surrey in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) The area of Runnymede Borough Council is added to the existing area of North Surrey.
(3) The areas of Woking Borough Council and Surrey Heath District Council respectively are added to the existing area of South West Surrey.
5. The Schedule set out at Schedule 1 to this Order is substituted for the Schedule to the Local Justice Areas Order 2005(1).
6. The consequential and transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2 to this Order have effect.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
J Djanogly
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
26th April 2011