The Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) Order 1973

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1973-09-17
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Made: 17th September 1973

Laid before Parliament: 27th September 1973

Coming into Operation

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 254 of the Local Government Act 1972, I hereby make the following Order:—

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for an existing petty sessions area, or area in which an existing petty sessions area is comprised, shall be made on or after the date of coming into operation of this Article and any such appointment made before, but so as to take effect on or after, that date shall cease to have effect.

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appointed under arrangements mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall hold office until the following respective dates, that is to say—

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Without prejudice to Article 6(1) of this Order, any committee or other body to which members are appointed or elected by the justices for any new petty sessions area shall before 1st April 1974 make all such arrangements for the area for which it acts, including the making of appointments and holding of elections, as are necessary for the purpose of enabling the magistrates' courts for that area to begin to exercise their jurisdiction on that date or of enabling that body to exercise all its functions not later than that date.

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Any person appointed to any office under arrangements mentioned in Article 6 or 7 of this Order shall take office on a date specified in his appointment and the date so specified may be any date after the date of coming into operation of this Article.

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shall be defrayed by the council of that non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district or of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district in which that area is comprised, as the case may be.

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Any order made, licence granted or other thing done under the Licensing Act 1964 by the licensing justices for an existing licensing district, being an order or licence in force or other thing having effect immediately before 1st April 1974 shall continue to have like effect on and after that date as if the Local Government Act 1972 had not been passed but shall be treated as if it had been made, granted or done by the licensing justices for the new petty sessions area in which the premises concerned are situated.

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Any order made by a magistrates' court directing the payment of money to the clerk or any other officer of a magistrates' court acting for an existing petty sessions area shall have effect as if it had directed payment to be made to the clerk to the justices for the respective new petty sessions area.

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Where on 1st April 1974 periodical payments are by virtue of Article 12 of this Order payable under section 52 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 through the clerk to the justices for a new petty sessions area to a person who resides outside that area, that clerk may amend the order so as to require payments to be made through the clerk to the justices for the new petty sessions area in which that person is residing and, if he does so, shall give notice of the amendment to the person entitled to the payments, to the person required to make the payments and to the justices' clerk through whom the payments are to be made.

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Any documents in the custody, by virtue of his office as such, of the custos rotulorum for a county abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 shall be transferred to the custody of the custos rotulorum for the new county in which that county is wholly or mainly situated.

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The orders specified in Schedule 4 to this Order are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — DIVISION OF NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS INTO PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISIONS

PART I — NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES

(1) (2) (3)
Non-metropolitan county Petty sessional division Area comprised therein
England
Avon Bath The county borough of Bath The Weston division
Bristol The county borough of Bristol
Lawford's Gate The Lawford's Gate division
Long Ashton The Long Ashton division In the Axbridge division, the parishes of Butcombe, Churchill, Congresbury and Wrington and so much of the parishes of Blagdon and Burrington as lies within the new county of Avon
Sodbury The Sodbury division, except the parish of Alderley
Thornbury The Thornbury division In the Dursley division, the parish of Charfield
Wansdyke The Keynsham division In the Kilmersdon division, so much as lies in the new county of Avon In the Temple Cloud division, so much as lies in the new county of Avon
Weston-super-Mare The Weston-super-Mare division In the Axbridge division, the parishes of Banwell, Loxton, Puxton and Winscombe
Bedfordshire Ampthill The Ampthill division
North Bedfordshire The borough of Bedford The Bedford and Sharnbrook division
Biggleswade The Biggleswade division
Dunstable The Dunstable division
Leighton Buzzard The Leighton Buzzard division
Luton The county borough of Luton
Berkshire Bradfield and Sonning The Bradfield and Sonning division
Forest The Forest division
Hungerford and Lambourn The Hungerford and Lambourn division
Maidenhead The Maidenhead division
Newbury The borough of Newbury The Newbury division In the Wantage division, the parishes of Chaddleworth, Farnborough and Fawley
New Windsor The borough of New Windsor
Reading The county borough of Reading
Slough In the Burnham division, so much as lies in the new county of Berkshire In the Slough division, so much as lies in the new county of Berkshire
Windsor The Windsor division
Buckinghamshire Amersham The Amersham division
Aylesbury The Aylesbury division
Brill The Brill division
Buckingham The Buckingham division
Burnham In the Burnham division, so much as lies in the new county of Buckinghamshire In the Slough division, so much as lies in the new county of Buckinghamshire
Chesham The Chesham division
Fenny Stratford The Fenny Stratford division
High Wycombe The borough of High Wycombe
Linslade The Linslade division
Marlow The Marlow division
Newport Pagnell The Newport Pagnell division
Stony Stratford The Stony Stratford division
Winslow The Winslow division
Wycombe (County) The Wycombe (County) division
Cambridgeshire Arrington and Melbourn The Arrington and Melbourn division
Bottisham The Bottisham division
Cambridge The Cambridge division
Cambridge City The borough of Cambridge
Caxton The Caxton division
Ely The Ely division
Huntingdon Borough and Leightonstone The Huntingdon Borough and Leightonstone division
Hurstingstone The Hurstingstone division
Linton The Linton division
Newmarket The Newmarket division
Norman Cross The Norman Cross division
North Witchford The North Witchford division
Ramsey The Ramsey division
Soke of Peterborough The Soke of Peterborough division
Toseland The Toseland division
Whittlesey The Whittlesey division
Wisbech (Borough) The Wisbech Borough division
Wisbech (Isle) The Wisbech (Isle) division
Cheshire Chester The district of Chester
Congleton The district of Congleton
Crewe The district of Crewe
Ellesmere Port The district of Ellesmere Port
Halton The district of Halton
Macclesfield The district of Macclesfield
Vale Royal The district of Vale Royal
Warrington The district of Warrington
Cleveland Hartlepool The district of Hartlepool
Langbaurgh The district of Langbaurgh except those parts formerly in the county borough of Teesside
Teesside The districts of Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees In the district of Langbaurgh, those parts formerly in the county borough of Teesside
Cornwall Bodmin and Trigg The Bodmin and Trigg division
Dunheved The Dunheved division
East Middle The East Middle division
East Penwith The East Penwith division
East Powder The East Powder division
East South The East South division
Falmouth The Falmouth Borough division
Helston and Kerrier The Helston and Kerrier division
Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly
Lesnewth The Lesnewth division
Liskerrett The Liskerrett division
Penryn The Penryn division
Penwith The district of Penwith
Powder Tywardreath The Powder Tywardreath division
Pydar The Pydar division
South Powder The South Powder division
Stratton The Stratton division
Truro and West Powder The Truro and West Powder division
Wadebridge The Wadebridge division
Cumbria Alston The Alston division
Ambleside and Windermere The Ambleside and Windermere division except the parish of Patterdale
Barrow-in-Furness The district of Barrow-in-Furness
Bootle The Bootle division
Carlisle The district of Carlisle
Cockermouth The Cockermouth division
East Ward The East Ward division
Hawkshead The Hawkshead division
Kendal The Kendal division
Keswick The Keswick division
Lonsdale Ward The Lonsdale Ward division In the Ewecross division, the parishes of Dent, Garsdale and Sedbergh
Maryport The Maryport division
North Lonsdale In the North Lonsdale division, so much as lies in the district of South Lakeland
Penrith The Penrith division In the Ambleside and Windermere division, the parish of Patterdale
West Ward The West Ward division
Whitehaven The Whitehaven division
Wigton The Wigton division In the Cumberland Ward division, the parishes of Bowness and Kirkbampton
Workington The Workington division
Derbyshire Alfreton The Alfreton division
Ashbourne The Ashbourne division
Bakewell The Bakewell division
Belper The Belper division
Chesterfield The borough of Chesterfield The Chesterfield division The Eckington division
Derby The county borough of Derby
Derby County and Appletree The Derby County and Appletree division
Glossop The Glossop division The rural district of Tintwistle
High Peak The Buxton division The Chapel en le Frith division
Ilkeston The Ilkeston division
Matlock The Matlock division The Wirksworth division
South Derbyshire The Repton division The Swadlincote division
Devon Axminster The Axminster division
Barnstaple The borough of Barnstaple The Braunton division
Bideford and Great Torrington The Bideford and Great Torrington division
Cullompton The Cullompton division
Exeter The county borough of Exeter
Exmouth The Woodbury division
Honiton The Ottery and Honiton division
Kingsbridge The Kingsbridge division
Okehampton The Okehampton division
Plymouth The county borough of Plymouth
Plympton The Plympton division
South Molton The South Molton division
Tavistock The Tavistock division
Teignbridge The Teignbridge division
Tiverton The Tiverton division
Torbay The county borough of Torbay
Totnes The Totnes division
Wonford The Crediton and Wonford division
Dorset Blandford The Blandford division
Bournemouth The county borough of Bournemouth
Bridport The Bridport division
Christchurch In the Christchurch division, so much as lies in the new county of Dorset
Dorchester The Dorchester division
Poole The borough of Poole
Shaftesbury The Shaftesbury division
Sherborne The Sherborne division
Sturminster The Sturminster division
Wareham The Wareham division
Weymouth and Portland The borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis The Portland division
Wimborne The Wimborne division In the Ringwood and Fordingbridge division, the parish of St. Leonards and St. Ives
Durham Chester-le-Street The district of Chester-le-Street
Darlington The district of Darlington
Derwentside The district of Derwentside
Durham The district of Durham
Easington The district of Easington
Sedgefield The district of Sedgefield
Teesdale and Wear Valley The districts of Teesdale and Wear Valley
East Sussex Battle and Rye The Battle division The Burwash division The Rye division
Bexhill The Bexhill division
Brighton The district of Brighton
Crowborough The Frant division The Uckfield Division In the East Grinstead division, so much as lies in the new county of East Sussex
Eastbourne The district of Eastbourne
Hailsham The Hailsham division
Hastings The district of Hastings
Hove The district of Hove
Lewes The district of Lewes
Essex Billericay The district of Basildon
Brentwood The district of Brentwood
Chelmsford The district of Chelmsford
Colchester The borough of Colchester The Lexden and Winstree division In the Witham division, the parishes of Messing-cum-Inworth, Salcott, Tiptree and Virley
Dengie and Maldon The district of Maldon
Dunmow The Dunmow division In the Freshwell and South Hinckford division, the parishes of Felsted, and Little Bardfield
Epping and Ongar The Epping and Ongar division, except the parishes of Blackmore, Kelvedon Hatch, Navestock and Stondon Massey
Freshwell and South Hinckford The Freshwell and South Hinckford division, except the parishes of Felsted and Little Bardfield
Halstead The Halstead division
Harlow The Harlow division
Harwich The Harwich division
North Hinckford The North Hinckford division In the Saffron Walden division, the parish of Helions Bumpstead
Rochford The districts of Castle Point and Rochford
Saffron Walden The Saffron Walden division, except the parish of Helions Bumpstead
Southend-on-Sea The district of Southend-on-Sea
Tendring The Tendring division
Thurrock The district of Thurrock
Witham In the Witham division, so much as lies in the district of Braintree
Gloucestershire Berkeley The Berkeley division
Campden The Campden division
Cheltenham The Cheltenham division
Cirencester The Cirencester division
Coleford The Coleford division
Dursley The Dursley division except the parish of Charfield In the Sodbury division the parish of Alderley
Fairford The Fairford division
Gloucester (City) The county borough of Gloucester
Gloucester (County) The Gloucester division
Lydney The Lydney division
Newent The Newent division
Newnham The Newnham division
Northleach The Northleach division
Stow-on-the-Wold The Stow-on-the-Wold division
Stroud The Stroud division
Tetbury The Tetbury division
Tewkesbury The Tewkesbury division
Whitminster The Whitminster division
Winchcombe The Winchcombe division
Hampshire Alton The Alton division In the Alresford division, the parishes of Ropley and West Tisted
Andover The borough of Andover
Basingstoke The Basingstoke division In the Alresford division, the parish of Candovers
Droxford The Droxford division
Eastleigh The Eastleigh division except the parish of Chilworth
Fareham The Fareham division
Gosport The Gosport division
Havant The Havant division
Hythe The Hythe division
Lymington The Lymington division
Odiham The Odiham division
Petersfield The Petersfield division
Portsmouth The county borough of Portsmouth
Ringwood The Ringwood and Fordingbridge division except the parish of St. Leonards and St. Ives In the Christchurch division, so much as lies in the new county of Hampshire
Romsey The Romsey division In the Eastleigh division, the parish of Chilworth In the Winchester division, the parishes of Ashley and Little Somborne
Southampton The county borough of Southampton
Totton and New Forest The Totton and New Forest division
Winchester The borough of Winchester The Alresford division except the parishes of Candovers, Ropley and West Tisted The Winchester division except the parishes of Ashley and Little Somborne
Hereford and Worcester Bewdley Borough The Bewdley Borough division
Bromsgrove The Bromsgrove division In the Halesowen division, the parishes of Frankley, Hunnington and Romsley In the Stourbridge division, the parishes of Belbroughton, Clent and Hagley
Bromyard The Bromyard division
Dore and Bredwardine The Dore and Bredwardine division
Droitwich The Droitwich division
Evesham The Evesham division
Hereford (Borough) The borough of Hereford
Hereford (County) The Hereford (County) division
Hundred House The Hundred House division
Kidderminster The borough of Kidderminster The Kidderminster division In the Stourbridge division, the parishes of Broome and Churchill and Blakedown
Kington The Kington division
Ledbury The Ledbury division
Leominster and Wigmore The Leominster and Wigmore division
Malvern The Malvern division
Pershore The Pershore division
Redditch The Redditch division
Ross The Ross division
Stourport The Stourport division
Tenbury The Tenbury division
Upton on Severn The Upton on Severn division
Worcester (Borough) The county borough of Worcester
Worcester (County) The Worcester division
Hertfordshire Bishop's Stortford The Bishop's Stortford division
Buntingford The Buntingford division
Cheshunt The Cheshunt division
Dacorum The Dacorum division
Hatfield The Hatfield division
Hertford and Ware The Hertford and Ware division
Hitchin The Hitchin division
Odsey The Odsey division
St. Albans The borough of St. Albans The St. Albans division
South Mimms The South Mimms division
Stevenage The Stevenage division
Watford The Watford division
Welwyn The Welwyn division
Humberside Bainton Beacon The Bainton Beacon division except the parish of Foxholes In the Buckrose division, the parishes of Fimber and Fridaythorpe
Barton on Humber The Barton on Humber division
Beverley The Beverley division
Brigg The Brigg division except the parishes of Bigby, Brocklesby and Somerby In the Gainsborough division, the parish of Kirton in Lindsey
Dickering In the Dickering division, so much as lies in the new county of Humberside
Epworth and Goole The Epworth division In the Goole and Selby division, so much as lies in the new county of Humberside
Grimsby (Borough) The county borough of Grimsby
Grimsby (County) In the Grimsby County division, so much as lies in the new county of Humberside
Holme Beacon The Holme Beacon division
Howdenshire The Howdenshire division except the parish of Hemingbrough
Kingston upon Hull The county borough of Kingston upon Hull
Middle Holderness The Middle Holderness division
North Holderness The North Holderness division
Scunthorpe The Scunthorpe division
South Holderness The South Holderness division
South Hunsley Beacon The South Hunsley Beacon division
Wilton Beacon The Wilton Beacon division
Kent Ashford and Tenterden The district of Ashford
Canterbury and St. Augustine The district of Canterbury
Dartford The Dartford division
Dover and East Kent The district of Dover
Faversham The Faversham division
Folkestone and Hythe The district of Shepway
Gravesham The district of Gravesham
Maidstone The district of Maidstone
Margate The borough of Margate In the rural district of Eastry, the parishes Acol, St. Nicholas at Wade and Sarre
Medway The districts of Gillingham and Medway
Ramsgate The borough of Ramsgate The urban district of Broadstairs and St. Peter's In the rural district of Eastry, the parishes of Minster and Monkton
Sevenoaks The urban district of Sevenoaks The rural district of Sevenoaks
Sittingbourne The Sittingbourne division
Tonbridge and Malling The district of Tonbridge and Malling
Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook The district of Tunbridge Wells
Lancashire Accrington The borough of Accrington
Amounderness The Amounderness division
Blackburn The county borough of Blackburn
Blackpool The county borough of Blackpool
Burnley The county borough of Burnley
Church The Blackburn and Church division
Clitheroe The Bowland division The Clitheroe division
Darwen The Darwen division In the Bolton division, so much of the urban district of Turton as lies in the new county of Lancashire
Fylde The Fylde division
Garstang The Garstang division
Lancaster The borough of Lancaster
Leyland The Leyland division
Leyland Hundred The Leyland Hundred division In the Bolton division, the parishes of Anglezarke and Rivington
Morecambe and Heysham The borough of Morecambe and Heysham
Ormskirk The district of West Lancashire except the parishes of Bispham, Hesketh-with-Becconsall, Rufford and Tarleton
Pendle The borough of Nelson The Burnley and Colne division In the Staincliffe East division, the urban districts of Barnoldswick and Earby and the parishes of Bracewell, Brogden and Salterforth
Preston The county borough of Preston
Rossendale The district of Rossendale
South Lonsdale and Hornby The South Lonsdale and Hornby division
Walton-le-Dale The Walton-le-Dale division
Leicestershire Ashby de la Zouch The Ashby de la Zouch division
Leicester (City) The district of Leicester
Leicester (County) The Leicester division
Loughborough The Loughborough division
Lutterworth The Lutterworth division
Market Bosworth The Market Bosworth division
Market Harborough The Market Harborough division
Melton and Belvoir The Melton and Belvoir division
Rutland The district of Rutland
Lincolnshire Alford The Alford division
Boston The Boston Borough division The Kirton and Skirbeck division
Bourne The Bourne division
Caistor The Caistor division In the Brigg division, the parishes of Bigby, Brocklesby and Somerby In the Grimsby County division, the parish of Riby
East Elloe The East Elloe division
Gainsborough The Gainsborough division, except the parish of Kirton in Lindsey In the Brigg division, the parishes of Snitterby and Waddingham
Grantham The borough of Grantham The Spitalgate division
Horncastle The Horncastle division
Lincoln (City) The county borough of Lincoln
Lincoln (Kesteven) The Lincoln (Kesteven) division
Lindsey (Lincoln and Wragby) The Lindsey (Lincoln and Wragby) division
Louth The Louth division In the Grimsby County division, so much as lies in the district of East Lindsey
Market Rasen The Market Rasen division In the Grimsby County division, the parish of Swinhope
Sleaford The Sleaford division
Spilsby The Spilsby division
Stamford The Stamford division
West Elloe The West Elloe division
Norfolk Blofield and Walsham The Blofield and Walsham division except so much as lies in the district of Great Yarmouth
Clackclose The Clackclose division
Depwade The Depwade division
Diss The Diss division
Earsham The Earsham division
Eynsford The Eynsford division
Fakenham The Gallow division The North Greenhoe division
Forehoe The Forehoe division
Great Yarmouth The district of Great Yarmouth
Guiltcross and Shropham The Guiltcross and Shropham division
Holt The Holt division
King's Lynn The borough of King's Lynn The Freebridge Marshland division The Freebridge Lynn division except the parish of Dersingham
Loddon and Clavering The Loddon and Clavering division
Mitford and Launditch The Mitford and Launditch division except the parishes of Lexham, Great Dunham and Little Dunham
North Erpingham The North Erpingham division
Norwich The county borough of Norwich
Smithdon and Brothercross The Smithdon and Brothercross division In the Freebridge Lynn division, the parish of Dersingham
South Erpingham The South Erpingham division
Swaffham The South Greenhoe division The Wayland division In the Mitford and Launditch division, the parishes of Lexham, Great Dunham and Little Dunham
Taverham The Taverham division
Thetford and Grimshoe The Thetford and Grimshoe division
Tunstead and Happing The Tunstead and Happing division
Northamptonshire Brackley The Brackley division
Corby The Corby division
Daventry The Daventry division
Kettering The Kettering division
Mid Northants The Northampton division except those areas in the district of Northampton
Northampton The district of Northampton
Oundle and The Oundle division
Thrapston The Thrapston division except the urban district of Raunds and the parishes of Chelveston cum Caldecott, Hargrave, Little Addington and Ringstead
Towcester The Towcester division
Wellingborough The Wellingborough division In the Thrapston division, the urban district of Raunds and the parishes of Chelveston cum Caldecott, Hargrave, Little Addington and Ringstead
Northumberland Bamburgh Ward The Bamburgh Ward division
Bellingham The Bellingham division except the parishes of Capheaton and Elsdon
Berwick-upon-Tweed The Berwick-upon-Tweed division The Norham and Islandshires division
Blyth Valley The district of Blyth Valley
East Coquetdale Ward The East Coquetdale Ward division In the North Coquetdale Ward division, the parishes of Edlingham, Glanton, Hedgeley and Whittingham
Glendale Ward The Glendale Ward division In the North Coquetdale Ward division, the parishes of Bewick and Ingram
Hexham The Haltwhistle division The Tindale Ward division In the West Castle Ward division, the parishes of Heddon-on-the-Wall and Wylam
Morpeth Ward The district of Castle Morpeth except the parishes of Heddon-on-the-Wall, Matfen and Stamfordham
Wansbeck The district of Wansbeck
West Coquetdale Ward The West Coquetdale Ward division In the Bellingham division the parish of Elsdon In the Morpeth Ward division, the parish of Nunnykirk In the North Coquetdale Ward division, the parishes of Alnham and Callaly
North Yorkshire Allertonshire The Allertonshire division In the Birdforth division, the areas in the parish of Borrowby
Birdforth The Birdforth division except the areas in the parish of Borrowby
Buckrose The Buckrose division except the parishes of Fimber and Fridaythorpe In the Bainton Beacon division, the parish of Foxholes
Bulmer East The Bulmer East division
Bulmer West The Bulmer West division except the parish of Scackleton
Claro The borough of Harrogate The Claro division In the Otley division, so much as lies in the new county of North Yorkshire In the Wetherby division, so much as lies in the new county of North Yorkshire
Gilling East The Gilling East division
Hallikeld The Hallikeld division
Hang East The Hang East division
Hang West The Hang West division
Malton The Malton division In the Bulmer West division, the parish of Scackleton
Richmond and Gilling West The Richmond and Gilling West division except the parish of Barforth In the Greta Bridge division, the parish of Newsham
Ripon Liberty The Ripon Liberty division
Ryedale The Ryedale division except the parish of Bilsdale Midcable In the Pickering Lythe East division, the parishes of Allerston and Ebberston
Scarborough The borough of Scarborough The Pickering Lythe East division except the parishes of Allerston and Ebberston In the Dickering division, so much as lies in the new county of North Yorkshire
Selby The district of Selby
Staincliffe The district of Craven
Stokesley In the Langbaurgh West division, so much as lies in the new county of North Yorkshire In the Ryedale division the parish of Bilsdale Midcable
Whitby Strand The Whitby Strand division In the Langbaurgh East division, the parishes of Commondale, Danby and Westerdale
York The county borough of York
Nottinghamshire Bingham The Bingham division
East Retford In the East Retford division, so much as lies in the new county of Nottinghamshire
Mansfield (Borough) The borough of Mansfield
Mansfield (County) The Mansfield division
Newark The borough of Newark The Newark division
Nottingham (City) The county borough of Nottingham
Nottingham (County) The Nottingham division
Southwell The Southwell division
Worksop In the Worksop division, so much as lies in the new county of Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire Abingdon (Borough) The borough of Abingdon
Abingdon (County) The Abingdon division
Bampton East The Bampton East division
Bampton West The Bampton West division
Bicester The Bicester division
Bullingdon The Bullingdon division
Chipping Norton The Chipping Norton division
Faringdon The Faringdon division
Henley The Henley division
Moreton and Wallingford The Moreton and Wallingford division
North Oxfordshire The borough of Banbury The Banbury and Bloxham division
Oxford The county borough of Oxford
Wantage In the Wantage division, so much as lies in the new county of Oxfordshire
Watlington The Watlington division
Woodstock The Woodstock division
Salop Bridgnorth The Bridgnorth division
Drayton The Drayton division
Ludlow The Ludlow division
Oswestry The Oswestry division
Shifnal The Shifnal division
Shrewsbury The borough of Shrewsbury The Mid Shropshire division
The Wrekin The Wrekin division
Wenlock The Wenlock division
Somerset Frome The Frome division In the Kilmersdon division, the parishes of Coleford, Hemington and Kilmersdon
Ilminster The Ilminster Division
Sedgemoor The district of Sedgemoor In the district of West Somerset, the parish of Stogursey
Shepton Mallet The Shepton Mallet division In the Kilmersdon division, the parishes of Chilcompton, Holcombe and Stratton on the Fosse In the Somerton division, the parish of Lydford In the Temple Cloud division, the parish of Ston Easton
Somerton The Somerton division except the parish of Lydford
Taunton Deane The district of Taunton Deane
Wells The Wells City and County division In the Axbridge division, so much of the parish of Blagdon as lies in the new county of Somerset In the Temple Cloud division, the parish of Litton and so much of the parishes of Compton Martin, East Harptree, Ubley and West Harptree, as lies in the new county of Somerset
West Somerset The district of West Somerset except the parish of Stogursey
Wincanton The Wincanton division
Yeovil The Crewkerne division The Yeovil division
Staffordshire Burton upon Trent The county borough of Burton upon Trent The Burton upon Trent division
Cannock The Cannock division In the Rugeley division, the parish of Brindley Heath
Cheadle The Cheadle division
Eccleshall The Eccleshall division
Leek The Leek division
Lichfield The borough of Lichfield In the Lichfield and Brownhills division, so much as lies in the new county of Staffordshire In the Rugeley division, the parishes of Curborough and Elmhurst and King's Bromley
Newcastle-under-Lyme The borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Pirehill North The Pirehill North division
Rugeley The Rugeley division except the parishes of Brindley Heath, Curborough and Elmhurst and King's Bromley
Seisdon The Seisdon division
Stafford The borough of Stafford The Stafford division
Stoke-on-Trent The county borough of Stoke-on-Trent
Stone The Stone division
Tamworth The Tamworth division
Uttoxeter The Uttoxeter division
Suffolk Beccles The Beccles division The Bungay division In the Blything division, so much as lies in the district of Waveney
Blything In the Blything division, so much as lies in the district of Suffolk Coastal In the Framlingham division, so much as lies in the district of Suffolk Coastal
Felixstowe The Felixstowe division
Hartismere The Eye division The Hoxne division In the Framlingham division, so much as lies in the district of Mid Suffolk In the rural district of Thedwastre, the parishes of Hinderclay, Rickinghall Inferior and Wattisfield
Ipswich The county borough of Ipswich
Lackford The Lackford division
Lowestoft The borough of Lowestoft In the Mutford and Lothingland division, so much as lies in the new county of Suffolk
Newmarket The Newmarket division except the parishes of Cowlinge, Lidgate and Ousden In the Thingoe, Thedwastre and Blackbourn division, the parish of Higham
Orwell The Orwell division
Risbridge The Risbridge division In the Newmarket division, the parish of Cowlinge
St. Edmundsbury The district of St. Edmundsbury except the areas in the new Risbridge division In the district of Mid Suffolk, the parishes of Beyton, Hessett and Thurston
Stow The Stow division The rural district of Thedwastre except the parishes of Beyton, Hessett, Hinderclay, Rickinghall Inferior, Thurston and Wattisfield
Sudbury and Cosford The Sudbury and Cosford division In the Thingoe, Thedwastre and Blackbourn division, the parishes of Cockfield, Lawshall and Thorpe Morieux
Woodbridge The Woodbridge division
Surrey Chertsey The district of Runnymede
Dorking The district of Mole Valley except the new parish of Salfords and Sidlow
Epsom The district of Epsom and Ewell In the district of Reigate and Banstead, the urban district of Banstead
Esher and Walton The district of Elmbridge
Farnham The urban districts of Farnham, Frimley and Camberley and Haslemere In the rural district of Bagshot, the parish of Windlesham In the rural district of Guildford, the parishes of Ash, Normandy, Puttenham, Seale and Tongham, Shackleford and Wanborough In the rural district of Hambledon, the parishes of Dockenfield, Elstead, Frensham, Thursley, Tilford and Peper Harow
Godstone The district of Tandridge
Guildford The borough of Guildford The Godalming division except the parishes of Paper Harow, Puttenham, Shackleford, Thursley and Wanborough In the Working division, the parishes of Ockham, Ripley, Send and Wisley
Reigate The borough of Reigate In the district of Mole Valley, the new parish of Salfords and Sidlow
Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames The district of Spelthorne
Woking The Woking division except the parishes of Ockham, Ripley, Send and Wisley
Warwickshire Alcester The Alcester division
Atherstone The Atherstone division In the Coleshill division, so much as lies in the new county of Warwickshire
Kineton The Kineton division In the Warwick division, the parishes of Charlecote, Moreton Morrell, Newbold Pacey and Wellesbourne
Nuneaton The Nuneaton division
Rugby The Rugby division
Shipston on Stour The Shipston on Stour division
Southam The Southam division
Stratford-upon-Avon The Stratford-upon-Avon division In the Henley in Arden division, so much as lies in the district of Stratford-on-Avon
Warwick The district of Warwick
West Sussex Arundel The Arundel division except the parish of Clapham
Chichester The Chichester division
Crawley The district of Crawley
Horsham The Horsham division
Midhurst The Midhurst division
Mid Sussex The district of Mid Sussex
Petworth The Petworth division
Steyning The Steyning division except the parish of Findon
Worthing The borough of Worthing In the Arundel division, the parish of Clapham In the Steyning division, the parish of Findon
Wiltshire Bradford The Bradford division
Calne The Calne division
Chippenham The Chippenham division
Cricklade The Cricklade division
Devizes The borough of Devizes The Devizes division
Everley and Pewsey The Everley and Pewsey division
Malmesbury The Malmesbury division
Marlborough The Marlborough division
Melksham The Melksham division
Salisbury The borough of New Sarum The Salisbury and Amesbury division
Swindon The borough of Swindon The Swindon division
Tisbury and Mere The Tisbury and Mere division
Trowbridge The Trowbridge division
Warminster The Warminster division
Westbury The Westbury division
Whorwellsdown The Whorwellsdown division
Wales
Clwyd Berwyn The Ceiriog division The Edeyrnion division The Llangollen division except the parish of Bryneglwys In the Uwchddulas and Uwchaled division, the parishes of Cerrigydrudion, Llangwm and Pentrefoelas
Colwyn The Colwyn Bay division The Isdulas division In the Uwchddulas and Uwchaled division, the parishes of Gwytherin and Llangernyw
Dyffryn Clwyd The Denbigh division The Isaled division The Ruthin division In the Llangollen division, the parish of Bryneglwys In the Uwchddulas and Uwchaled division the parish of Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr
Flint The Flint division The Holywell and Caerwys division except the parish of Bodfari
Hawarden The Hawarden division The Hope division except the detached part
Mold The Mold division The Northop division
Rhuddlan The Prestatyn division The Rhuddlan division In the Holywell and Caerwys division, the parish of Bodfari
Wrexham Maelor The Bromfield division The Maelor division The Ruabon division The Wrexham division In the Hope division the detached part
Dyfed Aberayron The Aberayron division
Aberystwyth The Aberystwyth Borough division The Llanbadarn division The Llanilar division The Talybont division
Amman Valley The Amman Valley division except the areas in the district of Llanelli
Cardigan The Cardigan division
Carmarthen The Carmarthen Borough division The Carmarthen (County) division except the areas in the district of Llanelli
Cemaes The Cemaes division
Dewsland The Dewsland division
Fishguard The Fishguard division
Haverfordwest The Haverfordwest division
Lampeter The Lampeter division
Llandeilo The Llandilo division
Llandovery The Llandovery division
Llandyssul The Llandyssul division
Llanelli The district of Llanelli
Milford Haven The Milford Haven division
Narberth The Narberth division
Newcastle Emlyn The Newcastle Emlyn division
Pembroke The Pembroke division
Pencader The Pencader division
Rhydlewis The Rhydlewis division
St. Clears The St. Clears division
Tenby The Tenby division
Tregaron The Tregaron division
Whitland The Whitland division
Gwent Abergavenny The Abergavenny division In the Crickhowell division, so much of the parish of Llanelly as lies in the new county of Gwent
Bedwellty The Brynmawr division In the Newport division, the urban district of Risca In the Pontypool division, the parish of Llannhilleth In the Bedwellty division, so much as lies in the new county of Gwent
Caerleon The Caerleon division In the Newport division, the parish of Henllys
Chepstow The Chepstow division
Monouth The Monmouth division
Newport The county borough of Newport The Newport division except the urban district of Risca and the parish of Henllys
Pontypool The Pontypool division except the parish of Llanhilleth
Raglan The Raglan division
Skenfrith The Skenfrith division
Trelleck The Trelleck division
Usk The Usk division
Gwynedd Ardudwy-is-Artro Ardudwy-uwch-Artro The Ardudwy-is-Artro division The Ardudwy-uwch-Artro division
Bangor The Bangor division
Caernarvon The Caernarvon (Borough) division
Conwy and Llandudno The Conway and Llandudno division
Eifionydd The Eifionydd division
Estimaner The Estimaner division
Gwyrfai The Caernarvon (County) division
Nant Conwy The Nant Conway division In the Uwchddulas and Uwchaled division, the urban district of Llanrwst and the parishes of Eglwysbach, Llanddoget, Llanrwst Rural, Llansantffraid Glan Conway and Tir Ifan
North Anglesey The Second division
Penllyn The Penllyn division
Pwllheli The Pwllheli division
South Anglesey The First division
Talybont The Talybont division
Mid Glamorgan Cynon Valley The district of Cynon Valley
Lower Rhymney Valley In the administrative county of Glamorgan, in the Caerphilly Lower division, so much as lies in the district of Rhymney Valley In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, the urban district of Bedwas and Machen and in the urban district of Bedwellty, the Aberbargoed ward
Merthyr Tydfil The district of Merthyr Tydfil
Miskin The districts of Rhondda and Taff-Ely
Newcastle and Ogmore The district of Ogwr
Upper Rhymney Valley In the administrative county of Glamorgan, in the Caerphilly Higher division, so much as lies in the district of Rhymney Valley In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, the urban district of Rhymney and in the urban district of Bedwellty, the Cwmsyfiog, New Tredegar and Phillipstown wards
Powys Brecon The Brecon Borough division The Merthyr and Penkelly division except the parishes of Llandetty and Llansantffraed
Builth The Builth division
Colwyn The Colwyn division
Crickhowell In the Crickhowell division, so much as lies in the new county of Powys In the Merthyr and Penkelly division, the parishes of Llandetty and Llansantffraed In the Talgarth division, the parish of Cathedine
Defynock The Defynock division In the Penderyn division, the parish of Ystradfellte
Deytheur The Deytheur division
Knighton The Knighton division
Llandrindod Wells The Llandrindod Wells division
Llanfyllin The Llanfyllin division
Llanidloes The Llanidloes division
Machynlleth The Machynlleth division
Mathrafal The Mathrafal division
Montgomery The Montgomery Lower division
New Radnor The New Radnor division
Newtown The Newtown division
Painscastle The Painscastle division
Presteigne The Presteigne division
Rhayader The Rhayader division
Talgarth The Hay division The Talgarth division except the parish of Cathedine
Welshpool The Welshpool division
Ystradgynlais The Ystradgynlais division
South Glamorgan Cardiff The district of Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan The district of Vale of Glamorgan
West Glamorgan Afan The district of Afan
Lliw Valley The district of Lliw Valley
Neath The district of Neath
Swansea The district of Swansea

PART II — METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS

(1) (2) (3)
Metropolitan district Petty sessional division Area comprised therein
Greater Manchester
Rochdale Middleton and Heywood The boroughs of Heywood and Middleton
Rochdale The county borough of Rochdale The urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle
Salford Eccles The boroughs of Eccles and Swinton and Pendlebury The urban districts of Irlam and Worsley
Salford The county borough of Salford
Tameside Ashton-under-Lyne The boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Mossley The urban districts of Audenshaw, Denton and Droylsden
South Tameside The boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde and Stalybridge The urban district of Longdendale
Wigan Leigh The borough of Leigh The urban districts of Atherton and Tyldesley In the urban district of Golborne, so much as lies in the district of Wigan
Wigan The county borough of Wigan In the Wigan division, so much as lies in the district of Wigan
Merseyside
Sefton North Sefton The district of Sefton except the areas in the new South Sefton division
South Sefton The county borough of Bootle The urban district of Litherland In the borough of Crosby, the area within which the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board was authorised by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Seaforth Works) Act 1966 to carry out the work specified in section 16(2) thereof
Tyne and Wear
Sunderland Houghton-le-Spring In the Chester-le-Street division, so much as lies in the district of Sunderland In the Houghton-le-Spring division, so much as lies in the district of Sunderland
Sunderland The county borough of Sunderland
West Midlands
Birmingham Birmingham The county borough of Birmingham
Sutton Coldfield The borough of Sutton Coldfield
Dudley Dudley The county borough of Dudley
Halesowen The borough of Halesowen
Stourbridge The borough of Stourbridge
Sandwell Warley The county borough of Warley
West Bromwich The county borough of West Bromwich
Walsall Aldridge and Brownhills The urban district of Aldridge-Brownhills
Walsall The county borough of Walsall
West Yorkshire
Bradford Bradford The county borough of Bradford In the Calder division, so much of the urban district of Queensbury and Shelf as lies in the district of Bradford
Keighley The county borough of Keighley The Bingley division In the Otley division, the urban district of Ilkley In the Staincliffe East division, the urban district of Silsden and the parishes of Addingham, Kildwick and Steeton with Eastburn
Calderdale Brighouse The Brighouse Borough division
Calder In the Calder division, so much as lies in the district of Calderdale
Halifax The county borough of Halifax
Todmorden The Todmorden division
Kirklees Batley The borough of Batley
Dewsbury The county borough of Dewsbury The Dewsbury (West Riding) division
Huddersfield The county borough of Huddersfield The Agbrigg Upper division
Leeds Leeds The county borough of Leeds The urban district of Horsforth
Morley The borough of Morley
Pudsey and Otley The borough of Pudsey In the Otley division, so much as lies in the district of Leeds
Skyrack and Wetherby The district of Leeds except the areas in the new divisions of Leeds, Morley and Pudsey and Otley
Wakefield Pontefract The borough of Pontefract In the Osgoldcross division, so much as lies in the district of Wakefield
Wakefield The county borough of Wakefield The borough of Ossett In the Staincross division, the parishes of Havercroft with Cold Hiendley, Ryehill and South Hiendley In the Agbrigg Lower division, so much as lies in the district of Wakefield

Note This Schedule does not contain an entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of the Isle of Wight or to the metropolitan district of Barnsley, Bolton, Bury, Coventry, Doncaster, Gateshead, Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Oldham, Rotherham, St. Helens, Sheffield, Solihull, South Tyneside, Stockport, Trafford, Wirral or Wolverhampton; these areas are not divided into petty sessional divisions.

PART III — INTERPRETATION

For the purposes of this Schedule, the expression—

and any reference to an administrative county, county borough, borough, urban district, rural district or parish (except in the expression “new parish”) is a reference to that administrative area as it exists on the date of making of this Order.

SCHEDULE 2 — SPECIFICATION OF RESPECTIVE NEW PETTY SESSIONS AREAS

PART I — ENGLAND

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