Crime and Disorder Act 1998

131 (1) In subsection (2) of section 31 of the 1997 Act (duration and conditions of licences), the words “(which shall include on his release conditions as to his supervision by a probation officer)” shall cease to have effect.

(2) After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) The conditions so specified shall include on the prisoner’s release conditions as to his supervision by—

(a) a probation officer appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area within which the prisoner resides for the time being;

(b) where the prisoner is under the age of 22, a social worker of the social services department of the local authority within whose area the prisoner resides for the time being; or

(c) where the prisoner is under the age of 18, a member of a youth offending team established by that local authority under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”

(3) In subsection (6) of that section, for the words “section 24(2) above” there shall be substituted the words “section 46(3) of the 1991 Act”, and for the words “the words in parentheses” there shall be substituted the words “subsection (2A) above”.