Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Treatment of mental condition of offenders placed on probation

10 (1) Paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A to the [1973 c. 62.] Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (requirement in probation order for treatment of offender’s mental condition) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) after the words “such part” there shall be inserted the words “or parts”; and

(b) after the words “medical practitioner” there shall be inserted the words “or a chartered psychologist (or both, for different parts)”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (3)(c), after the words “medical practitioner” there shall be inserted the words “or chartered psychologist (or both)”.

(4) In sub-paragraphs (6) and (8), after the words “medical practitioner” (wherever they occur) there shall be inserted the words “or chartered psychologist”.

(5) In sub-paragraph (10), after the words “In this paragraph” there shall be inserted the words “—

“chartered psychologist” means a person for the time being listed in the British Psychological Society’s Register of Chartered Psychologists; and”.