Offender Management Act 2007

12 The inspectorate

(1) Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of the National Probation Service for England and Wales is renamed “Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation for England and Wales” and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the National Probation Service for England and Wales is renamed “Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales”.

(2) In section 6 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (the inspectorate)—

(a) in subsection (1), the words from “but” to the end are omitted; and

(b) in subsection (4), for “the National Probation Service” (in both places) there is substituted “Probation”.

(3) In section 7 of that Act (functions of the inspectorate)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “each local probation board under section 5” there is substituted “the Secretary of State under section 3 of the Offender Management Act 2007 (power to make arrangements for the provision of probation services)”; and

(b) in subsection (6), after “section 1” there is inserted “of the Offender Management Act 2007”.