Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11)

Community orders and suspended sentence orders U.K.

14 Officers responsible for implementing orders U.K.

(1) For section 197 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 substitute—

“197 Meaning of “the responsible officer”

(1) For the purposes of this Part, “the responsible officer”, in relation to an offender to whom a relevant order relates, means the person who is for the time being responsible for discharging the functions conferred by this Part on the responsible officer in accordance with arrangements made by the Secretary of State.

(2) The responsible officer must be—

(a) an officer of a provider of probation services, or

(b) a person responsible for monitoring the offender in accordance with an electronic monitoring requirement imposed by the relevant order.”

(2) In Schedule 4 to this Act—

(a) Part 1 contains amendments which confine certain functions of responsible officers to the public sector, and

(b) Part 2 contains consequential provision.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 14 in force at 1.6.2014 by S.I. 2014/1287, art. 2(b)