Access to Justice Act 1999

The Probation Service Act 1993 (c. 47)

41 The Probation Service Act 1993 has effect subject to the following amendments.

42 In section 2(3) (Secretary of State to make provision for inner London probation area)—

(a) in paragraph (a) (combination into one probation area of all the petty sessional divisions of inner London), for “petty sessional divisions of” substitute “petty sessions areas falling wholly or partly within”, and

(b) in paragraph (b) (addition to inner London probation area of one or more petty sessions areas outside inner London), for the words “one or more petty sessions areas outside the inner London area” substitute “any other petty sessions area”.

43 In section 18(2) (expenditure of inner London probation committee)—

(a) for “If” substitute “Unless”, and

(b) for “does not include any petty sessions area outside” substitute “includes any petty sessions area not falling wholly or partly within”.

44 In section 29(1)(a) (definition of “responsible authority" for inner London probation area), for the words from “is situated” to the end substitute “a petty sessions area included in the inner London probation area by virtue of section 2(3)(b) above wholly or partly falls”.

45 In section 30(1), in the definition of “inner London area”, for “has the same meaning as in the Justices of the Peace Act 1997” substitute “means the area consisting of the inner London boroughs”.