The Curfew Condition (Responsible Officer) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 9

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Curfew Condition (Responsible Officer) Order 1999

Made

8th January 1999

Coming into force

28th January 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 37A(4) and (5)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Curfew Condition (Responsible Officer) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 28th January 1999.

2.  In this Order–

“place of curfew” means a place specified in a curfew condition as a place at which a released person is required to remain for periods for the time being specified in the curfew condition;

“responsible officer” means the person responsible for monitoring a released person’s whereabouts during the periods for the time being specified in a curfew condition;

and a reference to an area is to be taken as a reference to a police area or, as the case may be, the City of London police area or the metropolitan police district, within the meanings given by section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996(2).

3.  Where a curfew condition specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 1 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Premier Monitoring Services Limited of Centennial Court, Easthampstead Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1YQ.

4.  Where a curfew condition specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Securicor Custodial Services Limited of Sutton Park, 15 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4LD.

5.  Where a curfew condition specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 3 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of GSSC of Europe, Limited of Carmelite, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DX.

Gareth Williams

Minister of State

Home Office

8th January 1999

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF PREMIER MONITORING SERVICES LIMITED

• Bedfordshire

• Cambridgeshire

• City of London police area

• Derbyshire

• Dyfed Powys

• Essex

• Gwent

• Hertfordshire

• Leicestershire

• Lincolnshire

• Metropolitan police district

• Norfolk

• Northamptonshire

• North Wales

• Nottinghamshire

• South Wales

• Staffordshire

• Suffolk

• Warwickshire

• West Mercia

• West Midlands

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF SECURICOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES LIMITED

• Cheshire

• Cleveland

• Cumbria

• Durham

• Greater Manchester

• Humberside

• Lancashire

• Merseyside

• Northumbria

• North Yorkshire

• South Yorkshire

• West Yorkshire

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3 AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF GSSC OF EUROPE, LIMITED

• Avon and Somerset

• Devon and Cornwall

• Dorset

• Gloucestershire

• Hampshire

• Kent

• Surrey

• Sussex

• Thames Valley

• Wiltshire

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the descriptions of persons who are to be made responsible, by a curfew condition relating to a place of curfew in any part of England and Wales, for monitoring a released person’s whereabouts during the curfew periods.

(1)

1991 c. 53; section 37A was inserted by section 100(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37).

(2)

1996 c. 16.