The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008

Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2001

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

4.—(1) The Race Relations Act 1976 (Statutory Duties) Order 2001(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (bodies and other persons required to publish race equality schemes) insert, at the appropriate places—

A probation trust.;

A provider of probation services (other than the Secretary of State or a probation trust), in respect of its statutory functions and the carrying out by it of activities of a public nature in pursuance of arrangements made with it under section 3(2) of the Offender Management Act 2007..

(3) In its application to a probation trust, that Order shall have effect as if—

(a)in articles 2(1) and 5(1)(a), for “before 31st May 2002” there were substituted “within a period of one year from the date of the establishment of a probation trust under section 5(1) of the Offender Management Act 2007”; and

(b)in article 2(3), for “three years from 31st May 2002” there were substituted “three years from the date of publication of its Race Equality Scheme”.

(4) In its application to a provider of probation services (other than the Secretary of State or a probation trust) that Order shall have effect, in relation to the performance of its statutory functions and the carrying out by it of activities of a public nature in pursuance of arrangements made with it under section 3(2) of the Offender Management Act 2007, as if—

(a)in articles 2(1) and 5(1)(a), for “before 31st May 2002” there were substituted “within a period of one year from the date on which it first entered into arrangements under section 3(2) of the Offender Management Act 2007”; and

(b)in article 2(3), for “a period of three years from 31st May 2002” there were substituted “a period of three years from the date of publication of its Race Equality Scheme”.

(1)

S.I. 2001/3458, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.