Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

3Monitoring boards, courts boards and youth offending teams
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(1)A principal local authority has a duty to promote understanding of the following among local people—

(a)the functions of the bodies mentioned in subsection (2);

(b)how a member of the public can become a member of, or take part in, the work of those bodies;

(c)what is involved in doing so.

(2)The bodies referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)an independent monitoring board established under section 6 of the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52) for a prison in the principal local authority’s area;

(b)a visiting committee established under section 152 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) for a removal centre in the principal local authority’s area;

(c)a courts board for an area which, or any part of which, coincides with or falls within the principal local authority’s area;

(d)a youth offending team for an area which, or any part of which, coincides with or falls within the principal local authority’s area.