FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment)Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 Any reference in this Order to an article or Schedule by number alone is a reference to the article or Schedule so numbered in the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 . Amendments to the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 2 In article 1(2)— a omit the definition of “London commission area”; and b for the definition of “petty sessions area” substitute— “local justice area” has the same meaning as in the Courts Act 2003 ; and . 3 In article 9(1) and article 18(3) for “petty sessions area or London commission area” substitute “local justice area”. 4 In Schedule 1— a At the beginning of the Schedule insert— London Region Barnet County Court Bow County Court Brentford County Court Bromley County Court Croydon County Court Edmonton County Court Ilford County Court Kingston-upon-Thames County Court Romford County Court Wandsworth County Court Willesden County Court ; b for “Midland Circuit” substitute “Midlands Region”; c for “Northern Circuit” substitute “North West Region”; d for “North Eastern Circuit” substitute “North East Region”; e for “South Eastern Circuit” substitute “South East Region”; f in the entries after “South Eastern Circuit” omit the entries for— i Barnet County Court; ii Bow County Court; iii Brentford County Court; iv Bromley County Court; v Croydon County Court; vi Edmonton County Court; vii Ilford County Court; viii Kingston-upon-Thames County Court; ix Romford County Court; x Wandsworth County Court; and xi Willesden County Court; g for “Wales and Chester Circuit” substitute “Wales and Cheshire Region”; and h for “Western Circuit” substitute “South West Region”. 5 For Schedule 2 substitute— SCHEDULE 2 CARE CENTRES Article 2 London Region (i) Local Justice Area (ii) Care Centre Barking and Dagenham Principal Registry of the Family Division Barnet Principal Registry of the Family Division Bexley Principal Registry of the Family Division Brent Principal Registry of the Family Division Bromley Principal Registry of the Family Division Camden and Islington Principal Registry of the Family Division City of London Principal Registry of the Family Division City of Westminster Principal Registry of the Family Division Croydon Principal Registry of the Family Division Ealing Principal Registry of the Family Division Enfield Principal Registry of the Family Division Greenwich and Lewisham Principal Registry of the Family Division Hackney and Tower Hamlets Principal Registry of the Family Division Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea Principal Registry of the Family Division Haringey Principal Registry of the Family Division Harrow Gore Principal Registry of the Family Division Havering Principal Registry of the Family Division Hillingdon Principal Registry of the Family Division Hounslow Principal Registry of the Family Division Kingston-upon-Thames Principal Registry of the Family Division Lambeth and Southwark Principal Registry of the Family Division Merton Principal Registry of the Family Division Newham Principal Registry of the Family Division Redbridge Principal Registry of the Family Division Richmond-upon-Thames Principal Registry of the Family Division Sutton Principal Registry of the Family Division Waltham Forest Principal Registry of the Family Division Wandsworth Principal Registry of the Family Division Midlands Region (i) Local Justice Area (ii) Care Centre Ashby-De-La-Zouch Leicester County Court Birmingham Birmingham County Court Boston Lincoln County Court Bourne and Stamford Lincoln County Court Bromsgrove and Redditch Worcester County Court Central and South West Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent County Court Corby Northampton County Court Coventry District Coventry County Court Daventry Northampton County Court Drayton Telford County Court Dudley Wolverhampton County Court Elloes Lincoln County Court Gainsborough Lincoln County Court Grantham Lincoln County Court Herefordshire Worcester County Court High Peak Derby County Court Kettering Northampton County Court Kidderminster Worcester County Court Leicester Leicester County Court Lincoln District Lincoln County Court Loughborough Leicester County Court Mansfield Nottingham County Court Market Bosworth Leicester County Court Market Harborough and Lutterworth Leicester County Court Melton, Belvoir and Rutland Leicester County Court Newark and Southwell Nottingham County Court Northampton Northampton County Court North East Derbyshire and Dales Derby County Court North Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent County Court Nottingham Nottingham County Court Oswestry Telford County Court Shrewsbury Telford County Court Skegness Lincoln County Court Sleaford Lincoln County Court Solihull Birmingham County Court South Shropshire Telford County Court South East Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent County Court or Derby County Court Southern Derbyshire Derby County Court South Worcestershire Worcester County Court Stourbridge and Halesowen Wolverhampton County Court Sutton Coldfield Birmingham County Court Telford and Bridgnorth Telford County Court Towcester Northampton County Court Warley Wolverhampton County Court Walsall and Aldridge Wolverhampton County Court Warwickshire Coventry County Court Wellingborough Northampton County Court West Bromwich Wolverhampton County Court Wolds Lincoln County Court Wolverhampton Wolverhampton County Court Worksop and Retford Nottingham County Court North East Region (i) Local Justice Area (ii) Care Centre Alnwick Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court Barnsley District Sheffield County Court Batley and Dewsbury Leeds County Court Berwick-upon-Tweed Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court Beverley and the Wolds Kingston-upon-Hull County Court Bradford Leeds County Court Bridglington Kingston-upon-Hull County Court Calderdale Leeds County Court Doncaster Sheffield County Court Gateshead District Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court Grimsby and Cleethorpes Kingston-upon-Hull County Court Goole and Howdenshire Kingston-upon-Hull County Court Harrogate York County Court or Leeds County Court Hartlepool Middlesbrough County Court Houghton-le-Spring Sunderland County Court Huddersfield Leeds County Court Hull and Holderness Kingston-upon-Hull County Court Keighley Leeds County Court Langbaurgh East Middlesbrough County Court Leeds District Leeds County Court Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court Northallerton and Richmond Middlesbrough County Court North Durham Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court or Sunderland County Court North Lincolnshire Kingston-upon-Hull County Court North Tyneside District Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court Pontefract Leeds County Court Rotherham Sheffield County Court Scarborough York County Court Selby York County Court Sheffield Sheffield County Court Skipton Leeds County Court South Durham Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court or Middlesbrough County Court South East Northumberland Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court South Tyneside District Sunderland County Court Sunderland Sunderland County Court Teesside Middlesbrough County Court Tynedale Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Court Wakefield Leeds County Court York York County Court North West Region (i) Local Justice Area (ii) Care Centre Blackburn, Darwen and Ribble Valley Blackburn County Court Bolton Manchester County Court Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Blackburn County Court Bury Manchester County Court Carlisle and District Carlisle County Court Chorley Blackburn County Court City of Salford Manchester County Court Eden Carlisle County Court Furness and District Lancaster County Court Fylde Coast Lancaster County Court Hyndburn Blackburn County Court Knowsley Liverpool County Court Lancaster Lancaster County Court Liverpool Liverpool County Court Manchester City Manchester County Court North Sefton District Liverpool County Court Oldham Manchester County Court Ormskirk Liverpool County Court Preston Blackburn County Court Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood Manchester County Court St Helens Liverpool County Court South Lakeland Lancaster County Court South Ribble Blackburn County Court South Sefton District Liverpool County Court Stockport Manchester County Court Tameside Manchester County Court Trafford Manchester County Court West Allerdale and Keswick Carlisle County Court Whitehaven Carlisle County Court Wigan and Leigh Liverpool County Court or Manchester County Court Wirral Liverpool County Court South East Region (i) Local Justice Area (ii) Care Centre Bedford and Mid-Bedfordshire Luton County Court Cambridge Cambridge County Court Central Buckinghamshire Milton Keynes County Court Central Kent Medway County Court Central Hertfordshire Watford County Court Central Norfolk Norwich County Court East Berkshire Reading County Court East Cambridgeshire Cambridge County Court East Hertfordshire Watford County Court East Kent Canterbury County Court Fenland Peterborough County Court Great Yarmouth Norwich County Court Huntingdonshire Peterborough County Court Luton and South Bedfordshire Luton County Court Mid-North Essex Chelmsford County Court Mid-South Essex Chelmsford County Court Milton Keynes Milton Keynes County Court North-East Essex Chelmsford County Court North East Suffolk Ipswich County Court North Hertfordshire Watford County Court North Kent Medway County Court North Norfolk Norwich County Court Northern Oxfordshire Oxford County Court North Surrey Guildford County Court North-West Essex Chelmsford County Court North West Surrey Guildford County Court Norwich Norwich County Court Oxford Oxford County Court Peterborough Peterborough County Court Reading Reading County Court South-East Essex Chelmsford County Court South East Suffolk Ipswich County Court South East Surrey Guildford County Court South West Surrey Guildford County Court South Norfolk Norwich County Court Southern Oxfordshire Oxford County Court South-West Essex Chelmsford County Court Sussex (Central) Brighton County Court Sussex (Eastern) Brighton County Court Sussex (Northern) Brighton County Court Sussex (Western) Brighton County Court West Berkshire Reading County Court West Hertfordshire Watford County Court West Norfolk Norwich County Court West Suffolk Ipswich County Court Wycombe and Beaconsfield Milton Keynes County Court South West Region (i) Local Justice Area (ii) Care Centre Bath and Wansdyke Bristol County Court Bristol Bristol County Court Central Devon Exeter County Court East Cornwall Truro County Court East Dorset Bournemouth County Court Gloucestershire Bristol County Court Isle of Wight Portsmouth County Court Mendip Taunton County Court New Forest Portsmouth County Court North Avon Bristol County Court North Devon Exeter County Court North East Hampshire Portsmouth County Court North Somerset Bristol County Court North West Hampshire Portsmouth County Court North West Wiltshire Swindon County Court Plymouth District Plymouth County Court Sedgemoor Taunton County Court Southampton Portsmouth County Court South Devon Exeter County Court South East Hampshire Portsmouth County Court South East Wiltshire Swindon County Court South Hampshire Portsmouth County Court South Somerset Taunton County Court Swindon Swindon County Court Taunton Deane and West Somerset Taunton County Court West Cornwall Truro County Court West Dorset Bournemouth County Court Wales and Cheshire Region (i) Local Justice Area (ii) Care Centre Cardiff Cardiff County Court Carmarthen Swansea County Court Ceredigion Swansea County Court Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston Chester County Court Conwy Caernarfon County Court or Rhyl County Court Cynon Valley Pontypridd County Court De Brycheiniog Pontypridd County Court De Maldwyn Chester County Court Denbighshire Rhyl County Court Dinefwr Swansea County Court Flintshire Rhyl County Court Gwynedd Caernarfon County Court Halton Warrington County Court Llanelli Swansea County Court Macclesfield Warrington County Court Merthyr Tydfil Pontypridd County Court Miskin Pontypridd County Court Neath Port Talbot Swansea County Court Newcastle and Ogmore Cardiff County Court North Pembrokeshire Swansea County Court North West Gwent Cardiff County Court or Newport (Gwent) County Court or Pontypridd County Court Radnorshire and North Brecknock Pontypridd County Court South Cheshire Stoke-on-Trent County Court South East Gwent Cardiff County Court or Newport (Gwent) County Court or Pontypridd County Court South Pembrokeshire Swansea County Court Swansea County Swansea County Court Vale of Glamorgan Cardiff County Court Vale Royal Chester County Court Warrington Warrington County Court Welshpool Chester County Court Wrexham Maelor Rhyl County Court Ynys Mòn / Anglesey Caernarfon County Court . Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Cathy Ashton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs 4th March 2005