SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8 Minor and consequential amendments
Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53)
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1
In subsection (1) of section 65 of the 1991 Act (supervision of young offenders after release), for the words from “a probation officer” to the end there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—
a
a probation officer;
b
a social worker of a local authority social services department; or
c
in the case of a person under the age of 18 years on his release, a member of a youth offending team.
2
After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—
1A
Where the supervision is to be provided by a probation officer, the probation officer shall be an officer appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area within which the offender resides for the time being.
1B
Where the supervision is to be provided by—
a
a social worker of a local authority social services department; or
b
a member of a youth offending team,
the social worker or member shall be a social worker of, or a member of a youth offending team established by, the local authority within whose area the offender resides for the time being.