Justices Of The Peace, England And Wales Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Justice Areas Order 2016. 2 This Order comes into force on 14th October 2016 for the purposes of Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule. 3 For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on 1st April 2017. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “continuing area” means a local justice area other than an existing area or a new area; “existing area” means a local justice area, listed in article 3, as it exists immediately before 1st April 2017; “FTAAAC area”, “JTAAAC area”, “FTAAAC selection panel”, “JTAAAC selection panel” and “justice” have the meaning given in the Justices of the Peace Rules 2016 ; “new area” means a local justice area constituted by this Order. New Areas 3 1 The existing areas of— a Bristol, b North Avon, and c Somerset, are combined to become a new area named Avon and Somerset. 2 The existing areas of— a Newcastle and Ogmore, and b Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, are combined to become a new area named Cardiff. 3 The existing areas of— a North Cheshire, b South and East Cheshire, and c West Cheshire, are combined to become a new area named Cheshire. 4 The existing areas of— a Hartlepool, and b Teesside, are combined to become a new area of Cleveland. 5 The existing areas of— a South East Hampshire, and b South Hampshire, are combined to become a new area named East Hampshire. 6 The existing areas of— a East Yorkshire, b Grimsby and Cleethorpes, c Hull and Holderness, and d North Lincolnshire, are combined to become a new area named Humber. 7 The existing areas of— a Liverpool and Knowsley, b Sefton, c St Helens, and d Wirral, are combined to become a new area named Merseyside. 8 The existing areas of— a Brecknock and Radnorshire, and b Glamorgan Valleys, are combined to become a new area named Mid Wales. 9 The existing areas of— a Corby, b Kettering, c Northampton, Daventry and Towcester, and d Wellingborough, are combined to become a new area named Northamptonshire. 10 The existing areas of— a Conwy, and b Denbighshire, are combined to become a new area named North Central Wales. 11 The existing areas of— a Gwynedd, and b Ynys Môn/ Anglesey are combined to become a new area named North West Wales. 12 The existing areas of— a Barnsley District, b Doncaster, c Rotherham, and d Sheffield, are combined to become a new area named South Yorkshire. 13 The existing areas of— a Central and South West Staffordshire, b North Staffordshire, and c South East Staffordshire, are combined to become a new area named Staffordshire. 14 The existing areas of— a North Surrey b South East Surrey, and c South West Surrey, are combined to become a new area named Surrey. 15 The existing areas of— a Bradford and Keighley, b Calderdale, c Kirklees, d Leeds District, and e Wakefield and Pontefract, are combined to become a new area named West Yorkshire. Amendments to the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 4 1 The Schedule to the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 is amended as follows. 2 In the relevant place— a omit— i “Barnsley District”; ii “Bradford and Keighley”; iii “Brecknock and Radnorshire”; iv “Bristol”; v “Calderdale”; vi “Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan”; vii “Central and South West Staffordshire”; viii “Corby”; ix “Conwy”; x “Denbighshire”; xi “Doncaster”; xii “East Yorkshire”; xiii “Glamorgan Valleys”; xiv “Grimsby and Cleethorpes”; xv “Gwynedd”; xvi “Hartlepool”; xvii “Hull and Holderness”; xviii “Kettering”; xix “Kirklees”; xx “Leeds District”; xxi “Liverpool and Knowsley”; xxii “Newcastle and Ogmore”; xxiii “North Avon”; xxiv “North Cheshire”; xxv “North Lincolnshire”; xxvi “North Staffordshire”; xxvii "North Surrey" xxviii “Northampton, Daventry and Towcester”; xxix “Rotherham”; xxx “Sefton”; xxxi “Sheffield”; xxxii “Somerset”; xxxiii “South and East Cheshire”; xxxiv “South East Hampshire”; xxxv “South East Staffordshire”; xxxvi “South Hampshire”; xxxvii South East Surrey xxxviii South West Surrey xxxix “St Helens”; xl “Teesside”; xli “Wakefield and Pontefract”; xlii “Wellingborough”; xliii “West Cheshire”; xliv “Wirral”; xlv “Ynys Môn/ Anglesey”; and b insert— i “Avon and Somerset”; ii “Cardiff”; iii “Cheshire”; iv “Cleveland”; v “East Hampshire”; vi “Humber”; vii “Merseyside”; viii “Mid Wales”; ix “Northamptonshire”; x “North Central Wales”; xi “North West Wales”; xii “South Yorkshire”; xiii “Staffordshire”; xiv “Surrey”; xv “West Yorkshire”. Schedule 5 The Schedule to this Order has effect. Sir Oliver Heald QC Minister of State Ministry of Justice 15th September 2016