Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

22 (1) In section 2, for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(2) A probation order shall be in the form prescribed by Act of Adjournal, and shall name the local authority area in which the offender resides or is to reside and the order shall make provision for the offender to be under the supervision of an officer of the local authority of that area, or, where the offender resides or is to reside in a local authority area in which the court has no jurisdiction, the court shall name the appropriate court (being such a court as could have been named in any amendment of the order in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act) in the area of residence or intended residence and the court last mentioned shall require the local authority for that area to arrange for the offender to be under the supervision of an officer of that authority.”

(2) In subsection (4), for the words "the probation officer or officers nominated " there shall be substituted the words " an officer of the local authority ".

(3) In subsection (6), in the proviso, in paragraph (b), for the words from " an approved " where first occurring to " other " there shall be substituted the word " any ".

(4) In subsection (8), for the words from "probation officer" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words " officer of the local authority who is to supervise the probationer, to the probationer, and to the person in charge of any institution or place in which the probationer is required to reside under the probation order ".