The Local Justice Areas Order 2011

Article 5

SCHEDULE 1 Local Justice Areas in England and Wales

“SCHEDULE

Local Justice Areas in England and Wales

Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Market Bosworth

Barnsley District

Bath and Wansdyke

Bedford and Mid Bedfordshire

Berkshire

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Birmingham

Bolton

Bradford and Keighley

Brecknock and Radnorshire

Bristol

Bromsgrove and Redditch

Buckinghamshire

Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale

Bury and Rochdale

Calderdale

Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan

Carmarthenshire

Central and South West Staffordshire

Central Kent

Central London

Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire

Chorley

City of Sunderland

Conwy

Corby

Cornwall

Coventry District

Cynon Valley

Denbighshire

Doncaster

Dudley and Halesowen

East Dorset

East Kent

East Lancashire

East Lincolnshire

East London

East Yorkshire

Flintshire

Furness and District

Fylde Coast

Gateshead District

Gloucestershire

Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Gwent

Gwynedd

Halton

Harrogate and Skipton

Hartlepool

Herefordshire

High Peak

Hull and Holderness

Huntingdonshire

Isle of Wight

Kettering

Kidderminster

Kirklees

Lancaster

Leeds District

Leicester, Market Harborough and Lutterworth

Liverpool and Knowsley

Loughborough, Melton, Belvoir and Rutland

Luton and South Bedfordshire

Macclesfield

Manchester and Salford

Mansfield and Worksop

Merthyr Tydfil

Mid and South East Northumberland

Miskin

Montgomeryshire

Neath Port Talbot

Newcastle and Tynedale

Newcastle and Ogmore

Norfolk

North and East Devon

North and East Hertfordshire

North Avon

North Cambridgeshire

North Cumbria

North Devon

North Durham

North East Derbyshire and Dales

North East London

North East Suffolk

North Essex

North Hampshire

North Kent

North Lincolnshire

North London

North Somerset

North Staffordshire

North Surrey

North Tyneside District

North West London

North West Wiltshire

Northallerton and Richmond

Northampton, Daventry and Towcester

Nottingham and Newark

Oldham

Ormskirk

Oxfordshire

Preston

Rotherham

Sandwell

Scarborough

Sefton

Sheffield

Shrewsbury and North Shropshire

Solihull

South and West Devon

South Cambridgeshire

South Cheshire

South Durham

South East Hampshire

South East London

South East Staffordshire

South East Suffolk

South East Surrey

South East Wiltshire

South Essex

South Hampshire

South Lakeland

South Lincolnshire

South London

South Ribble

South Somerset and Mendip

South Tyneside District

South West London

South West Surrey

South Worcestershire

Southern Derbyshire

St Helens

Stockport

Sussex (Central)

Sussex (Eastern)

Sussex (Northern)

Sussex (Western)

Swansea County

Swindon

Tameside

Taunton Deane, West Somerset and Sedgemoor

Teesside

Telford and South Shropshire

Trafford

Wakefield and Pontefract

Walsall and Aldridge

Warrington

Warwickshire

Wellingborough

West and Central Hertfordshire

West Cheshire

West Cumbria

West Dorset

West Hampshire

West Lincolnshire

West London

West Suffolk

Wigan and Leigh

Wirral

Wolverhampton

Wrexham Maelor

Ynys Mòn/Anglesey

York and Selby”

Article 6

SCHEDULE 2

PART 1 Consequential and Transitional Provisions

1.—(1) The persons and bodies referred to in sub-paragraph (2) shall be formed, appointed or elected (as the case may be) in the prescribed manner and for the prescribed term, to take office on 1st January 2012.

(2) The persons and bodies are:

(a) a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen of the justices of a local justice area;

(b) a Bench Training and Development Committee;

(c) a family panel, and a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen of a family panel;

(d) a youth panel, and a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen of a youth panel.

(3) In sub-paragraph (1), the expressions “the prescribed manner” and “the prescribed term” mean respectively—

(a) in relation to the election of a chairman or deputy chairman, the manner prescribed by the Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2005(1) and a term ending on 31st December 2012;

(b) in relation to the formation of a Bench Training and Development Committee and the appointment of a member of a Bench Training and Development Committee, the manner prescribed by the Justices of the Peace (Training and Development Committee) Rules 2007(2) and a term ending for one third of the members on 31st December in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively;

(c) in relation to the formation of a family panel and the election of a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen of a family panel, the manner prescribed by the Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution of Committees and Right to Preside) Rules 2007(3), and as regards any such election, a term ending on 31st December 2012;

(d) in relation to the formation of a youth panel and the election of a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen of a youth panel, the manner prescribed by the Youth Courts (Constitution of Committees and Right to Preside) Rules 2007(4), and as regards any such election, a term ending on 31st December 2012.

(4) In this Part of this Schedule any reference to the manner prescribed by rules or regulations for any election or appointment shall not include provisions relating to dates, times or time limits.

2.—(1) The persons who will be justices for a new area may hold a meeting before 1st January 2012 for the purposes set out in this Part of the Schedule and in order to prepare to assume their functions on and after that date.

(2) If a meeting is held in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) it shall be treated as if it were a meeting of the justices for the new area for the purposes of the enactments cited in this Part of this Schedule despite the fact that the new area was not at that time in existence.

(3) The persons and bodies appointed or elected for a new area under paragraph 1(1) may hold one or more meetings after the conclusion of the process of appointment or election but before 1st January 2012 for the purpose of preparing to assume their functions on and after that date.

PART 2 Other things done

3.  Subject to the provisions of this Schedule anything done before 1st January 2012 by, to, before or in relation to any justices for an existing area, their clerk or any other officer of the court, shall on or after that date, be deemed to have been done by, to, before or in relation to those justices, their clerk or any other officer of the court, as justices for the new area, their clerk or any other officer of the court, as the case may be.

(1)

S.I. 2005/553.

(2)

S.I. 2007/1609.

(3)

S.I. 2007/1610 as amended by S.I. 2007/2621.

(4)

S.I. 2007/1611 as amended by S.I. 2007/2622.