SCHEDULE 1Probation trusts: further provisions
Membership and terms of appointment
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(1)
A probation trust shall consist of—
(a)
a chairman and not less than four other members appointed by the Secretary of State; and
(b)
the chief executive.
(2)
In the following provisions “appointed member” means a member of a probation trust appointed by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (1)(a) (including the chairman, where the context allows).
(3)
Where practicable, at least one of the appointed members of a probation trust must, when appointed, be a member of a relevant local authority.
(4)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) “relevant local authority” means—
(a)
a county council, district council or parish council in England, a London Borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; or
(b)
a county council, county borough council or community council in Wales.