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(1) This Order may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.
(2) In this Order “MCC” means magistrates' courts committee.
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(1) Each of the areas of England outside Greater London specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.
(2) Each of the areas of Wales specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.
(3) Each of the areas of Greater London specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
3rd November 1999
SCHEDULE
Article 2
Part I

Name of commission area Extent of commission area
Avon The area of Avon MCC
Bedfordshire The area of Bedfordshire MCC
Berkshire The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the following local government areas:
 Bracknell Forest Borough District Council
 Newbury District Council
 Reading Borough Council
 Slough Borough Council
 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
 Wokingham District Council
Buckinghamshire The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the following local government areas:
 Buckinghamshire County Council
 Milton Keynes Borough Council
Cambridgeshire The area of Cambridgeshire MCC
Cheshire The area of Cheshire MCC
Cleveland The area of Cleveland MCC
Cornwall The part of the area of Devon and Cornwall MCC comprising the following local government areas:
 Cornwall County Council
 Isles of Scilly Council
Cumbria The area of Cumbria MCC
Derbyshire The area of Derbyshire MCC
Devon The part of the area of Devon and Cornwall MCC comprising the following local government areas:
 Devon County Council
 Plymouth City Council
 Torbay Council
Dorset The area of Dorset MCC
Durham The area of Durham MCC
East Sussex The area of East Sussex MCC
Essex The area of Essex MCC
Gloucestershire The area of Gloucestershire MCC
Greater Manchester The areas of the following MCCs:
 Manchester
 North and West Greater Manchester
 Oldham
 Stockport
 Tameside
 Trafford
Hampshire The area of Hampshire MCC
Hereford and Worcester The area of Hereford and Worcester MCC
Hertfordshire The area of Hertfordshire MCC
Humberside The area of Humberside MCC
Isle of Wight The area of Isle of Wight MCC
Kent The area of Kent MCC
Lancashire The area of Lancashire MCC
Leicestershire The area of Leicestershire MCC
Lincolnshire The area of Lincolnshire MCC
Merseyside The area of Merseyside MCC
Norfolk The area of Norfolk MCC
Northamptonshire The area of Northamptonshire MCC
Northumberland The area of Northumberland MCC
North Yorkshire The area of North Yorkshire MCC
Nottinghamshire The area of Nottinghamshire MCC
Oxfordshire The part of the area of Thames Valley MCC comprising the local government area of Oxfordshire County Council
Shropshire The area of Shropshire MCC
Somerset The area of Somerset MCC
South Yorkshire The areas of the following MCCs:
 Barnsley
 Doncaster
 Rotherham
 Sheffield
Staffordshire The area of Staffordshire MCC
Suffolk The area of Suffolk MCC
Surrey The area of Surrey MCC
Tyne and Wear The areas of the following MCCs:
 Gateshead
 Newcastle upon Tyne
 North Tyneside
 South Tyneside
 Sunderland
Warwickshire The area of Warwickshire MCC
West Midlands The area of West Midlands MCC
West Yorkshire The areas of the following MCCs:
 Calderdale
 Leeds
 West Riding
West Sussex The area of West Sussex MCC
Wiltshire The area of Wiltshire MCC
Part II

Name of commission area Extent of commission area
Clwyd The part of the area of North Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas:
 Denbighshire County Council
 Flintshire County Council
 Wrexham County Borough County Council
 That part of Conwy County Borough Council which was formerly known as Colwyn Borough Council
Dyfed The area of Dyfed MCC
Gwent The area of Gwent MCC
Gwynedd The part of North Wales MCC comprising the following local government areas:
 Isle of Anglesey County Council
 Gwynedd County Council
 That part of Conwy County Borough Council which was formerly known as Aberconwy Borough Council
Powys The area of Powys MCC
South Wales The area of South Wales MCC
West Glamorgan The area of West Glamorgan MCC
Part III

Name of commission area Extent of commission area
City of London The area of the City of London MCC
Inner London The area of Inner London MCC
Middlesex The area of Barnet MCCThe area of Brent MCCThe area of Ealing MCCThe area of Enfield MCCThe area of Haringey MCCThe area of Harrow MCCThe area of Hillingdon MCCThe area of Hounslow MCC
North East Greater London The area of Barking and Dagenham MCCThe area of Havering MCCThe area of Newham MCCThe area of Redbridge MCCThe area of Waltham Forest MCC
South East Greater London The area of Bexley MCCThe area of Bromley MCCThe area of Croydon MCC
South West Greater London The area of Kingston upon Thames MCCThe area of Merton MCCThe area of Richmond upon Thames MCCThe area of Sutton MCC