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Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 930

PROBATION

The Combined Probation Areas (Suffolk) Order 1996

Made

24th March 1996

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2 of the Probation Service Act 1993,(1) and after the consultation required by that section, hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Suffolk) Order 1996.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996 save that, for the purpose of making appointments to the probation committee for the Suffolk Probation Area to take effect on that date, this Order shall come into force forthwith.

2.  For that part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986(2) which relates to the Suffolk Probation Area(3) there shall be substituted the following —

(1)(2)(3)
Petty Sessions AreaProbation AreaNumber of Justices on Probation Committee
DebenSuffolk1
Haverhill1
Ipswich2
North East Suffolk2
North West Suffolk1
St Edmundsbury1
Stowmarket1
Sudbury1

Blatch

Minister of State

Home Office

24th March 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1713) so as to reduce from twenty to ten the number of justices appointed to the Suffolk Probation Committee.

(2)

S.I. 1986/1713, amended by S.I. 1992/2121 (which is amended by S.I. 1993/92) and 1993/716.

(3)

The part relating to Suffolk was amended by S.I. 1988/612, 1993/3139 and 1994/3315. The Petty Sessional Divisions (Suffolk) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/233) provided for the alteration of the names of the petty sessional divisions of Risbridge, Stow, and Sudbury and Cosford, to Haverhill, Stowmarket, and Sudbury respectively, on 1st March 1995.