The Local Justice Areas (No. 3) Order 2012

Citation and Commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Justice Areas (No. 3) Order 2012.

(2) This Order comes into force on 28th January 2013 for the purposes of Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on 1st July 2013.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“existing area” means a local justice area as it exists immediately before 1st July 2013;

“new area” means a local justice area constituted by this Order.

(2) 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 July 2013, ordinarily act, in and for that area.

New Areas

3.  The existing areas of North West Wiltshire, South East Wiltshire and Swindon are combined to become a new area named County of Wiltshire.

Amendment to the Local Justice Areas Order 2005

4.  The Schedule to the Local Justice Areas Order 2005(1) is amended as follows—

(a) omit “North West Wiltshire”;

(b) omit “South East Wiltshire”;

(c) omit “Swindon”; and

(d) after “County Durham and Darlington” insert “County of Wiltshire”.

Schedule

5.  The provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order have effect.

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Helen Grant

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

17th December 2012