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2005 No. 520

FAMILY PROCEEDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2005

  Made 4th March 2005 
  Laid before Parliament 8th March 2005 
  Coming into force 1st April 2005 

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 92(9) and (10) of, and Part I of Schedule 11 to, the Children Act 1989[1] hereby makes the following Order:

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[
2].

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[3]; 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
    Article 2


    CARE CENTRES


    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[4] 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



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


It has been decided that Exeter County Court should become a Care Centre as defined in article 2 of the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 ("the 1991 Order"). A Care Centre is a county court designated for the purpose of hearing cases under Parts III, IV or V of the Children Act 1989. This Order effects this change and amends the 1991 Order to re-organise the transfer arrangements between magistrates' courts and Care Centres on the Western Circuit to reflect this change.

Amendments to the Order have also been made to replace references to "petty sessions areas" and "London commission area" with references to "local justice area" to reflect the changes to the organisation of the courts made by the Courts Act 2003 which are also being brought into force on 1st April 2005. References to circuits are changed to references to the new administrative regions which will be used after that date.

At the same time the opportunity has been taken to up-date the names of the petty sessions areas (local justice areas as they will become) in consequence of changes to their boundaries which have not previously been reflected in the 1991 Order.


Notes:

[1] 1989 c. 41. Amended, so far as relevant, by the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48), section 45; the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), paragraph 10 of Schedule 8 and Part IX of Schedule 9; and the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), paragraphs 54 and 75 of Schedule 3.back

[2] S.I. 1991/1677. Amended, so far as relevant, by S.I.1993/624, 1994/3138, 1997/1897.back

[3] 2003 c. 39.back

[4] Camden and Islington local justice area together with City of London, City of Westminster, Greenwich and Lewisham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth and Southwark and Wandsworth local justice areas share a family panel by virtue of the Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution)(Greater London) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/2960).back



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