Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 3314

PROBATION

The Combined Probation Areas (Hertfordshire) Order 1994

Made

23rd December 1994

Coming into force

1st January 1995

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 2 of the Probation Service Act 1993(1), and after the consultation required by that section, I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Hertfordshire) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st January 1995.

2.  That part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986(2) which relates to the Hertfordshire Probation Area(3) shall be amended by—

(a)omitting the entry in respect of the petty sessions area of Stevenage;

(b)substituting in column 3 “4” for “2” in respect of the petty sessions area of North Hertfordshire.

3.  The four members of the Hertfordshire Probation Committee appointed before 1st January 1995 by the justices of the petty sessions areas of Stevenage and North Hertfordshire shall continue in office as if they had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of North Hertfordshire(4).

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

23rd December 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 to take account of the amalgamation of the petty sessions areas of Stevenage and North Hertfordshire into the new petty sessions area of North Hertfordshire effected by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Hertfordshire) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1106) which comes into force on 1st January 1995.

(2)

S.I. 1986/1713, amended by S.I. 1992/2121 (which is amended by S.I. 1993/92) and 1993/716.

(3)

The part relating to Hertfordshire was amended by S.I. 1990/844 and 1993/2151.

(4)

The petty sessions area of North Hertfordshire was constituted by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Hertfordshire) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1106).