2(1)For every probation and after-care area there shall be a probation and after-care committee, which shall be a body corporate.
(2)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and to the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 7 below, a probation and aftercare committee for any area shall consist—
(a)if that area comprises more than one petty sessions area, of such number of justices as may be specified by the order under paragraph 1(1) above, appointed in the manner so specified by the justices acting for the several petty sessions areas comprised in that area ;
(b)if that area is one petty sessions area, of a prescribed number of justices appointed in the prescribed manner by the justices acting for that petty sessions area.
(3)Sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply to the probation and after-care committee for the inner London area, but that committee shall, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (4) below and of paragraphs 6 and 7 below, consist—
(a)of such number of metropolitan stipendiary magistrates, nominated by the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate, as may be specified by the order under paragraph 1(1) above ;
(b)of such number as may be so specified of lay justices for the petty sessional divisions of the area, chosen, in such manner as may be so specified, by the lay justices for those divisions ;
(c)of such number as may be so specified of the members of the juvenile courts panel for the inner London area and the City of London, chosen in such manner as may be so specified.
(4)The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit, appoint—
(a)one or more judges of the Crown Court (being judges of the High Court, Circuit judges or Recorders) ; and
(b)one or more justices with experience of sitting as members of the Crown Court;
to be members of the probation and after-care committee for any area, and any person so appointed shall hold office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(5)Any contract made or other thing done by or on behalf of a probation and after-care committee before it became, by virtue of section 37 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949, a body corporate, shall have effect as if made or done by or on behalf of the body corporate constituted by sub-paragraph (1) above.