SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Officers responsible for implementing orders

PART 2Consequential provision

Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

9

In Schedule A1 to the Children Act 1989 (enforcement orders), in paragraph 3, omit sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)(a).

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

10

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.

11

1

Section 198 (duties of responsible officer) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

at the end of paragraph (a) insert “ and ”;

b

omit paragraph (c) and the “and” before it.

3

Omit subsection (2).

12

1

Section 219 (provision of copies of relevant orders) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

The court by which any relevant order is made must forthwith provide copies of the order—

a

to the offender,

b

to the responsible officer,

c

to an officer who is acting at the court and is an officer of a provider of probation services that is a public sector provider, and

d

where the court specifies a local justice area in which the court making the order does not act, to a provider of probation services that is a public sector provider and is acting in that area.

3

After subsection (3) insert—

4

In subsection (1)(c) and (d), “public sector provider” means—

a

a probation trust or other public body, or

b

the Secretary of State;

13

In section 330(5)(a) (orders), omit “section 197(3),”.

14

1

Schedule 8 (breach, revocation or amendment of community order) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 25A(4)(b), for “the responsible officer” substitute “ any officer of a provider of probation services who the court thinks has an interest in the proceedings ”.

3

In paragraph 27(1)(b), for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

i

a provider of probation services that is a public sector provider operating in that area, and

4

In paragraph 27, after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

4

In this paragraph “public sector provider” means—

a

a probation trust or other public body, or

b

the Secretary of State.

15

1

In Schedule 12 (breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of further conviction), paragraph 22 is amended as follows.

2

In sub-paragraph (1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

b

in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new local justice area, provide a copy of the amending order to—

i

a provider of probation services that is a public sector provider operating in that area, and

ii

the magistrates' court acting in that area, and

3

After sub-paragraph (3) insert—

4

In this paragraph “public sector provider” means—

a

a probation trust or other public body, or

b

the Secretary of State.