The Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) Order 1998

2.—(1) This article prescribes for the purposes of section 5(2)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 the descriptions of persons or bodies with every one of whom responsible authorities are required to act in co-operation in their exercise of the functions conferred by section 6 of that Act.

(2) The following descriptions of persons or bodies are prescribed for those purposes in relation to each local government area–

(a) a parish council in that area, if it is in England;

(b) a community council in that area, if it is in Wales;

(c) a National Health Service Trust established under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(1) which manages a hospital within the meaning of that Part(2), establishment or other facility in that area;

(d) the governing body of a school, within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Education Act 1996(3), in that area which is maintained by a local education authority;

(e) the proprietor of an independent school, within the meaning of section 463 of that Act, in that area;

(f) the governing body of an institution within the further education sector, as defined in section 91 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992(4), in that area;

(g) the governing body of an institution within the higher education sector, as defined in that section, in that area.

(1)

1990 c. 19.

(2)

“Hospital” is defined for these purposes in section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), as amended by section 26(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

(3)

1996 c. 56. Section 4(1) of the 1996 Act was substituted by section 51 of the Education Act 1997 (c. 44).

(4)

1992 c. 13.