The Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) (Amendment) Order 1974

• Citation: S.I. 1974/403
• Sections: 18

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc. ) (Amendment) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1974.

(2) In this Order, “ the principal Order ” means the Local Government (Petty Sessional Divisions etc.) Order 1973

Section 2

Article 11 of the principal Order shall be amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:—

(2) Anything done under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 or the Gaming Act 1968 by or in relation to the betting licensing committee for an existing petty sessions area, being a thing having effect immediately before 1st April 1974 shall continue to have like effect on and after that date as if the Local Government Act 1972 had not been passed but shall be treated as if it had been done by or in relation to the betting licensing committee for the new petty sessions area in which the premises concerned are situated; and anything done under either of those Acts by or in relation to any other person or body shall have effect accordingly

Section 3

(1) Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order.

(3) Part III of the Schedule to this Order shall have effect for the interpretation of Part II of that Schedule.

Section 1

In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Cheshire, for the word “Crewe” where it appears in columns (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the words “Crewe and Nantwich” .

Section 1

In the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Nantwich (Cheshire) and in the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Crewe Borough (Crewe Borough), at the end there shall be added the words “and Nantwich” .

Section 2

For the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire there shall be substituted the following entry:—

The county borough of Blackburn

In the rural district of Blackburn, the parishes of Livesey and Pleasington

Section 2

In the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Gloucester County Borough (Gloucester County Borough), at the end there shall be added the word “(City)” .

Section 3

In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Somerset, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Wells, for the words “parish of Blagdon” there shall be substituted the words “parishes of Blagdon and Burrington” .

Section 3

(1) In the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Ashford (Kent), at the end there shall be added the words “and Tenterden” .

(2) For the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Bearsted (Kent) there shall be substituted the following entry:—

“Maidstone” .

Section 4

In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Surrey—

(a) in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Dorking, the words “except the new parish of Salfords and Sidlow” shall be omitted; and

(b) for the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Reigate there shall be substituted the following entry:—

The district of Reigate and Banstead except the urban district of Banstead

Section 4

For the entries relating to the existing petty sessions areas of Amounderness, Clitheroe, Garstang, Leyland, Leyland Hundred, South Lonsdale and Hornby, Walton le Dale and Wigan (Lancashire) there shall be substituted respectively the following entries:—

“Preston” ;

“Ribble Valley” ;

“Wyre” ;

“South Ribble” ;

“Chorley” ;

“Lancaster” ;

“South Ribble” ; and

“Makerfield” .

Section 5

In the entry relating to the non-metropolitan county of Gwent, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Newport, for the words “The Newport division” there shall be substituted the words “In the Newport division, so much as lies in the new county of Gwent” .

Section 5

For the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Morecambe and Heysham Borough (Morecambe and Heysham Borough) there shall be substituted the following entry:—

“Lancaster” .

Section 6

For the entry relating to the metropolitan district of Wigan there shall be substituted the following entry:—

The borough of Leigh

In the Leigh division, so much as lies in the district of Wigan

The county borough of Wigan

The urban district of Standish-with-Langtree

In the rural district of Wigan, the parishes of Haigh, Shevington and Worthington

Section 6

For the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland) there shall be substituted the following entry:—

“Blyth Valley”

Section 7

In the entry relating to the metropolitan district of Sefton, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of South Sefton—

(a) for the words “section 16(2)” there shall be substituted the words “section 16” ; and

(b) at the end there shall be added the words “In the rural district of West Lancashire, the parishes of Aintree, Maghull, Melling, Netherton and Sefton and so much of the parish of Lydiate as lies in the district of Sefton” .

Section 7

For the entry relating to the existing petty sessions area of Bowland (Yorkshire (West Riding)) there shall be substituted the following entry:—

“Ribble Valley” .

Section 8

In the entry relating to the metropolitan district of Bradford, in the entry in column (3) in respect of the petty sessional division of Keighley, the word “county” shall be omitted.