Prison Act 1952, Cross Heading: Joint action is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 28(2), 53(1); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(m) (with art. 6)
5(1)The Chief Inspector may act jointly with another public authority where it is appropriate to do so for the efficient and effective discharge of his functions.E+W
(2)The Chief Inspector, acting jointly with the chief inspectors within sub-paragraph (3) below, shall prepare a document (a “joint inspection programme”) setting out—
(a)what inspections he proposes to carry out in the exercise of the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) above, and
(b)what inspections the chief inspectors within sub-paragraph (3) below (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 Constabulary;
(b)Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service;
(c)[F2Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales] ;
F3(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)A joint inspection programme shall 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 above 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.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. A1 para. 5(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 27(2)(a)
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