The Petty Sessions Areas (Divisions and Names) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/576
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Petty Sessions Areas (Divisions and Names) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) In these Regulations, a regulation referred to by number means the regulation so numbered in the Petty Sessions Areas (Divisions and Names) Regulations 1988 .

Section 2

In the definition of “committee” in regulation 1, the following shall be substituted for the words from “a non-metropolitan county” to the end:—

an area not falling within the inner London area or the City of London

Section 3

The following shall be substituted for regulation 5(1)(a):—

(a) sent to the clerk to every council required to be consulted by section 24(1)(a) (or, as the case may be, section 24B(1)(a)) of the Act, the clerk to the justices for any existing petty sessional division in the area and, in the case of a draft order, the clerk to any interested authority;

Section 4

The following shall be substituted for regulation 7(a):—

(a) where the objection is made by the committee, any council required to be consulted by section 24(1)(a) (or, as the case may be, section 24B(1)(a)) of the Act, the magistrates of an existing petty sessional division in the area or an interested authority, within one month of the date when a copy of the Lord Chancellor’s proposals is sent to the objector;