Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973

Case committees

4 (1) For every petty sessions area outside the inner London area there shall be one or more committees, to be called " case committees ", and every such committee shall, subject to paragraphs 6 and 7 below, consist—

(a) if the petty sessions area is a separate probation and after-care area, of the probation and after-care committee ;

(b) in any other case, of a prescribed number of justices appointed by the justices acting for that petty sessions area.

(2) It shall be the duty of case committees for areas outside the inner London area to review the work of probation officers, and to perform such other duties in connection with the work of probation officers as may be prescribed.

(3) Rules made under this Schedule relating to the procedure of case committees may provide, as respects case committees for areas outside the inner London area, that some only of the members of a case committee shall be summoned to deal with any particular case or class of oases.

(4) A probation and after-care committee for any area outside the inner London area shall pay any expenses incurred in accordance with rules made by the Secretary of State under this Schedule by a case committee for a petty sessions area in their probation and aftercare area, and any allowances under paragraph 13 below to members of any such committee.

5 (1) The probation and after-care committee for the inner London area may appoint such case committees, constituted in such manner and for such areas within that area, as the probation and after-care committee may determine, and shall pay the expenses of any case committee appointed under this sub-paragraph.

(2) Any case committee appointed for an area within the inner London area shall exercise functions conferred on case committees for areas outside the inner London area by paragraph 4(2) above to such extent and in such cases as may be determined by the probation and after-care committee for the inner London area.