
1 
This Order may be cited as the Commission Areas (North Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
2 
In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires:—
 “area” means a commission area including any part of the North Wales committee area;
 “abolished area” means an area abolished by article 3(a) below;
 “new area” means the area constituted by article 3(b) below;
 any reference to a justice for an area shall be construed as a reference to a person who holds the commission of the peace for that area.
3 
In Part II of the Schedule to the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999:—
(a) the entries for Clwyd and Gwynedd shall be omitted;
(b) after the entry for Gwent there shall be inserted the following new entry:

Name of commission area Extent of commission area
North Wales The area of North Wales MCC
4 
Every person who immediately before 1st January 2001 holds office as a justice of the peace for an abolished area shall on and after that date hold office as a justice of the peace for the new area, and the commissions of the peace for the abolished areas shall accordingly have effect as commissions of the peace for the new area until such time as a commission of the peace for that area is granted.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 13th August 2000