Clause 4 - Establishment of courts boards

Part of Courts Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:45 pm on 26 June 2003.

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Photo of Eric Illsley Eric Illsley Labour, Barnsley Central 2:45, 26 June 2003

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment No. 9, in

clause 4, page 3, line 21, at end insert

'if a police authority area changes, but may not change the coterminosity of a court board area with a police authority area.'.

Government amendment No. 20, in

clause 4, page 3, line 29, leave out from 'Chancellor' to second 'the' in line 34 and insert

'must have regard to the desirability of specifying areas which are the same as—

(a) the police areas listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (c.16) (division of England and Wales, except London, into police areas), and

(b) the area consisting of '.

And amendment (a) to the proposed amendment,

after ''the same as'' insert

', or fall entirely within,'.