Crime (Sentences) Act 1997
12.—(1) The Crime (Sentences) Act 1997(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 31 (duration and conditions of licences), in subsection (2A)(a)(2), at the end insert “or (as the case may be) an officer of a provider of probation services acting in the local justice area within which the prisoner resides for the time being”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (transfer of prisoners within the British Islands)—
(a)in paragraph 8(6)(3)—
(i)in paragraph (c), for “local probation board” substitute “provider of probation services”;
(ii)after paragraph (e), insert—
“(ea)in section 103(3)(a), the reference to “an officer of a local probation board” were omitted,”; and
(iii)after paragraph (f), insert—
“(fa)section 103(4) were omitted,”; and
(b)in paragraph 11(6)(4), in the first column of the Table, after “such petty sessions area” insert “or officer of a provider of probation services acting in such local justice area”.
Section 31(2A) was inserted by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37), Schedule 8, paragraph 131(2). Section 31(2A)(a) was amended by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c.43), Schedule 7, paragraph 4(1)(a) and (2) and S.I. 2005/886.
Schedule 1, paragraph 8(6) was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), Schedule 32, paragraphs 82, 85(1) and (3)(c).
Schedule 1, paragraph 11(6) was amended by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37), Schedule 8, paragraph 135(6)(d) and Schedule 10, and the Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000 (c.43), Schedule 7, paragraphs 135 and 143.