(1)The Secretary of State may approve bail hostels, probation hostels and probation homes, and probation hostels and homes so approved shall be known respectively as approved probation hostels and approved probation homes.
(2)The Secretary of State may make rules for the regulation, management and inspection of approved bail hostels, approved probation hostels and approved probation homes ; and such rules may in particular (subject to subsection (3) below) provide that no person shall be appointed to be in charge of any such hostel or home unless the Secretary of State has consented to his appointment.
(3)Rules made by the Secretary of State under subsection (2) above shall not prohibit the appointment of a person to be in charge of any such hostel or home in case of emergency without the previous consent of the Secretary of State, but may in that case require notice of the appointment to be given immediately to the Secretary of State and enable him, if he thinks fit, to require the appointment to be terminated.