SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Unification and renaming of stipendiary bench

The Probation Service Act 1993 (c. 47)

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1

Schedule 1 to the Probation Service Act 1993 (probation committees) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1(1) (probation committee for the inner London probation area to consist of specified number of metropolitan stipendiary magistrates nominated by the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate and other justices)—

a

for “metropolitan stipendiary magistrates” (in each place) substitute “District Judges (Magistrates' Courts)”, and

b

for “chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate” substitute “Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate)”.

3

In paragraph 6(3) (justice not to be co-opted as member of probation committee or probation liaison committee covering any of commission area for which he is a justice), after “that area” insert “(other than a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts))”.

4

In paragraph 7 (power of probation committee to co-opt stipendiary magistrates), for the words “stipendiary magistrates” to the end substitute “District Judges (Magistrates' Courts).”