The Commission Areas (Devon and Cornwall) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/2671
• Sections: 4

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Commission Areas (Devon and Cornwall) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.

Section 2

In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires:—

“area” means a commission area including any part of the Devon and Cornwall committee area;

“abolished area” means an area abolished by article 3(a) below;

“new area” means the area constituted by article 3(b) below;

any reference to a justice for an area shall be construed as a reference to a person who holds the commission of the peace for that area.

Section 3

In Part I of the Schedule to the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 :—

(a) the entry for Cornwall shall be omitted;

(b) for the entry for Devon there shall be substituted the following new entry:

Section 4

Every person who immediately before 1st January 2001 holds office as a justice of the peace for an abolished area shall on and after that date hold office as a justice of the peace for the new area, and the commissions of the peace for the abolished areas shall accordingly have effect as commissions of the peace for the new area until such time as a commission of the peace for that area is granted.