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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Probation areas

    1. 1.Probation areas

    2. 2.Probation areas comprising two or more petty sessions areas

  3. Probation committees

    1. 3.Constitution of probation committees

    2. 4.General functions in relation to probation officers

    3. 5.Functions in relation to children and young persons

    4. 6.Arrangements for performing work under community service orders

    5. 7.Provision of certain establishments

    6. 8.Provision of financial assistance

    7. 9.General power to make grants in prescribed cases

    8. 10.Provision of accommodation by responsible authorities

    9. 11.Default power where probation committee fails to discharge duty

  4. Probation liaison committees

    1. 12.Constitution of probation liaison committees

    2. 13.General functions of probation liaison committees

  5. Probation officers

    1. 14.General functions of probation officers

    2. 15.Conditions of service

    3. 16.Adjustment of expenses between probation committees

  6. Probation committee expenditure

    1. 17.Probation committee expenditure: general

    2. 18.Expenditure of the inner London probation committee

    3. 19.Expenditure of probation committees outside inner London

  7. Grants by the Secretary of State

    1. 20.Grants by the Secretary of State: general

    2. 21.Limits on payments under section 20

    3. 22.Grants under section 20: supplementary

  8. Inspectors of probation

    1. 23.Appointment of inspectors of probation

    2. 24.Functions of inspectors of probation

  9. Miscellaneous and supplemental

    1. 25.Probation rules

    2. 26.Regulation of community orders

    3. 27.Power of Secretary of State to approve and regulate bail hostels and probation hostels

    4. 28.Delegation of functions

    5. 29.Meaning of “responsible authority” etc

    6. 30.Interpretation

    7. 31.Rules and orders

    8. 32.Transitional provisions, consequential amendments and repeals

    9. 33.Short title, commencement and extent

  10. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Probation committees and probation liaison committees

      1. Membership of probation committees

        1. 1.(1) The probation committee for the inner London probation area...

        2. 2.The probation committee for a probation area which is one...

        3. 3.(1) The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit, appoint...

      2. Membership of probation liaison committees

        1. 4.(1) A probation liaison committee for any petty sessions area...

        2. 5.A probation liaison committee appointed for any area in the...

      3. Co-option of members of committees

        1. 6.(1) Any probation committee and any probation liaison committee (not...

        2. 7.A probation committee may also co-opt one or more justices...

        3. 8.(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that...

        4. 9.(1) The probation committee for any probation area which is...

      4. Allowances payable to members

        1. 10.(1) A member of a probation committee or probation liaison...

        2. 11.Without prejudice to the generality of section 25, rules under...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Transitional Provisions

      1. Continuity of the Law

        1. 1.The substitution of this Act for the enactments repealed by...

        2. 2.Anything done (including subordinate legislation made) or having effect as...

        3. 3.References (express or implied) in this Act or any other...

        4. 4.A reference (express or implied) in any enactment, instrument or...

      2. General saving for old transitional provisions and savings

        1. 5.(1) The repeal by this Act of a transitional provision...

      3. Things done by probation committees before incorporation

        1. 6.The repeal of paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 3 to the...

      4. Employees of probation committees

        1. 7.The repeal of paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 3 to the...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Consequential Amendments

      1. Adaptation of expressions relating to probation service

        1. 1.In any enactments amended by section 65(1) of the Criminal...

      2. Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959 (c. 45)

        1. 2.(1) The Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959 shall be amended...

      3. Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)

        1. 3.(1) The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 shall be...

      4. Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

        1. 4.In paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 12A to the Local Government...

      5. Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)

        1. 5.In group B of Part I of Schedule 1 to...

      6. Local Government Finance Act 1982 (c. 32)

        1. 6.In paragraph (l) of section 12(2) of the Local Government...

      7. Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

        1. 7.In subsection (3)(e) of section 134 of the Mental Health...

      8. Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9)

        1. 8.In Schedule 2 to the Local Government Act 1988 (bodies...

      9. Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

        1. 9.(1) The Children Act 1989 shall be amended as follows....

      10. Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)

        1. 10.In subsection (1)(d) of section 15 of the Criminal Justice...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Repeals

    5. TABLE OF DERIVATIONS

      1. 1.Notes:

      2. 2.The following abbreviations are used in the Table— 1969 =...

      3. 3.The abbreviation “Law Com. R” followed by a number refers...

      4. 4.The Table does not show the derivation of references in...