The Criminal Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) (No. 2) Order 2016

Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 961

Criminal Law, England And Wales

The Criminal Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) (No. 2) Order 2016

Made

28th September 2016

Coming into force

17th October 2016

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3AC(2) of the Bail Act 1976(1) and section 215(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(2).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) (No. 2) Order 2016 and comes into force on 17th October 2016.

Person responsible for monitoring of persons on bail

2.  For the purposes of section 3AC(2) of the Bail Act 1976 (electronic monitoring: general provisions), a person who is employed by, or a police officer who is a member of, the police force for the Hertfordshire police area is a description of person who may be made responsible for the electronic monitoring of a person on bail.

Person responsible for monitoring of persons subject to community orders and suspended sentence orders

3.  For the purposes of section 215(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (electronic monitoring requirement), a person who is employed by, or a police officer who is a member of, the police force for the Hertfordshire police area is a description of person who may be made responsible for the electronic monitoring of a person subject to a community order or suspended sentence order.

Sam Gyimah

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

28th September 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies a person who is employed by, or a police officer who is a member of, Hertfordshire police force as a description of person who may be made responsible for the electronic monitoring of persons on bail (article 2) and persons subject to an electronic monitoring requirement imposed as part of a community order or suspended sentence order (article 3).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1976 c. 63. Section 3AC was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4). There are amendments to section 3AC but none are relevant for the purposes of this Order.