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The Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982

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Provisions supplementary to article 4N.I.

5.—(1) For the purposes of Article 4(1) (a), the Board shall—

(a)appoint probation officers F1...; and

(b)make such arrangements as the Board thinks fit for determining the probation officer who is to be responsible for the supervision of any probationer F2...;

but nothing in sub-paragraph (a) shall prejudice Schedule 2 or section 19(1) (a) (vi) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (power to employ staff).

(2) For the purposes of Article 4(1) (b), the Board may—

(a)make payments to any society or body in respect of services rendered by it; and

(b)defray travelling and other expenses in connection with the performance of work by persons in respect of whom community service orders are in force.

(3) The Board may—

(a)give financial and other assistance to, or in respect of, persons under the supervision of a probation officer or in connection with whom probation officers are required by the Board to perform any duties and persons remanded on bail;

(b)make such payments, and to such persons, as may be prescribed in respect of persons under the supervision of a probation officer, being persons required by a probation order to reside in any place otherwise than for the purpose of their submitting to treatment for their mental condition as resident patients.

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