Crime and Disorder Act 1998

27 (1) In subsection (4) of section 14 of the 1973 Act (community service orders), for the words from “a probation officer” to the end there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(a) a probation officer appointed for or assigned to the area for the time being specified in the order (whether under this subsection or by virtue of Part IV of Schedule 2 to the [1991 c. 53.] Criminal Justice Act 1991);

(b) a person appointed for the purposes of those provisions by the probation committee for that area; or

(c) in the case of an offender under the age of 18 years when the order is made, a member of a youth offending team established by a local authority for the time being specified in the order (whether under this subsection or by virtue of that Part).”

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

“(4A) The local authority specified as mentioned in subsection (4)(c) above shall be the local authority within whose area it appears to the court that the offender resides or will reside.”

(3) After subsection (8) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(9) In the case of an offender under the age of 18 years, references in subsections (2), (5)(c) or (6) above to a probation officer include references to a member of a youth offending team.”