SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5AMENDMENTS
Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (NI 10)
14
After Article 14 insert—
Duties of probation officers14A
It shall be the duty of probation officers—
a
to supervise the persons placed under their supervision and to advise, assist and befriend those persons;
b
to enquire in accordance with any direction of the court into the circumstances or home surroundings of any person with a view to assisting the court in determining the most suitable method of dealing with him; and
c
to perform such other duties as may be prescribed or imposed by or under any statutory provision or as the Probation Board may direct.