The Community Order (Electronic Monitoring of Requirements) (Responsible Officer) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 2233

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Community Order (Electronic Monitoring of Requirements) (Responsible Officer) Order 2001

Made

19th June 2001

Laid before Parliament

20th June 2001

Coming into force

2nd July 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 36B(5) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Community Order (Electronic Monitoring of Requirements) (Responsible Officer) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.

2.  In this Order, “responsible officer” means the person responsible for the electronic monitoring (in pursuance of a requirement included in the order under section 36B(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000) of the offender’s compliance with any requirement imposed by a community order.

3.  Where the relevant area (within the meaning of section 36B(7) to (10) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000) for a community order is an area specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Premier Monitoring Services Limited of Berkshire Court, Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RE.

4.  Where the relevant area for a community order is an area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Securicor Custodial Services Limited of Sutton Park, 15 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4LD.

5.  Where the relevant area for a community order is an area specified in Schedule 3 to this Order, the responsible officer shall be an employee of GSSC of Europe Limited of Carmelite, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DX.

Keith Bradley

Minister of State

Home Office

19th June 2001

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 community order in any part of England and Wales, for the electronic monitoring of an offender’s compliance with the requirements of that community order.

(1)

2000 c. 6. Section 36B was inserted by section 52 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43).