Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 463

The Petty Sessional Divisions (West Glamorgan) Order 1996

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1996 No. 463

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Petty Sessional Divisions (West Glamorgan) Order 1996

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 55(3) and 63(5) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994^[1], hereby makes the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Petty Sessional Divisions (West Glamorgan) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996 except that, for the purposes of paragraph 2 of the Schedule hereto, this Order shall come into force on 21st March 1996.

    2.    In this Order—
 (a) except where the context otherwise requires, the expression "division" means a petty sessional division;
 (b) any reference to a justice for a division shall 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 April 1996 ordinarily act, in and for that division;
 (c) any reference to a county, county borough or preserved county shall be construed in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972^[2], as amended by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994^[3].

    3.—(1)  The divisions into which the county of West Glamorgan is divided, that is to say the four divisions of Lliw Valley, Neath, Port Talbot and Swansea, shall be abolished.

    (2)  The area of the preserved county of West Glamorgan shall be divided into the two divisions hereby constituted, that is to say—
 (a) the Neath Port Talbot division, which shall consist of the county borough of Neath and Port Talbot, and
 (b) the Swansea County division, which shall consist of the county of Swansea.

    4.    The transitional and consequential provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in connection with the provisions of article 3 of this Order.

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 28th February 1996

[1] 1994 c. 19. back

[2] 1972 c. 70: the relevant provisions are sections 20 and 270(1) and Schedule 4. back

[3] The relevant provisions are section 1(1), (2) and (7) and Schedule 1. back

Explanatory Note