Valid from 01/04/2007
5(1)The inspectors of court administration may act jointly with another public authority where it is appropriate to do so for the efficient and effective discharge of the inspectors' functions.
(2)The Chief Inspector, acting jointly with the chief inspectors within sub-paragraph (3), shall prepare a document (a “joint inspection programme”) setting out—
(a)what inspections the inspectors of court administration propose to carry out in the exercise of the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1), and
(b)what inspections the chief inspectors within sub-paragraph (3) (or their inspectorates) propose to carry out in the exercise of any corresponding powers conferred on them.
(3)The chief inspectors within this sub-paragraph are—
(a)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons;
(b)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary;
(c)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service;
(d)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the National Probation Service for England and Wales.
(4)A joint inspection programme must be prepared from time to time or at such times as the Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General may jointly direct.
(5)Sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) of paragraph 2 apply to a joint inspection programme as they apply to a document prepared under that paragraph.
(6)The Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General may by a joint direction specify the form that a joint inspection programme is to take.