1999 No. 3155

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 1999

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 12(4) and 30(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 19911, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.

2

In this Order–

  • “place of curfew” means a place specified in a curfew order as a place at which the offender is required to remain for periods for the time being specified in the curfew order;

  • “responsible officer” means the person responsible for monitoring the offender’s whereabouts during the periods for the time being specified in the curfew order;

and a reference to an area is to be taken as a reference to a police area or, as the case may be, the City of London police area or the metropolitan police district, within the meanings given by section 101(1) of the Police Act 19962.

3

Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 1 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Premier Monitoring Services Limited of Berkshire Court, Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RE.

4

Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Securicor Custodial Services Limited of Sutton Park, 15 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4LD.

5

Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 3 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of GSSC of Europe Limited of Carmelite, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DX.

6

The Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 19973, the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) (Amendment) Order 19984 and the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) (Amendment) Order 19995 are hereby revoked.

Paul BoatengMinister of StateHome Office

SCHEDULE 1AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF PREMIER MONITORING SERVICES LIMITED

Article 3

  • Bedfordshire

  • Cambridgeshire

  • City of London police area

  • Derbyshire

  • Dyfed Powys

  • Essex

  • Gwent

  • Hertfordshire

  • Leicestershire

  • Lincolnshire

  • Metropolitan police district

  • Norfolk

  • Northamptonshire

  • North Wales

  • Nottinghamshire

  • South Wales

  • Staffordshire

  • Suffolk

  • Warwickshire

  • West Mercia

  • West Midlands

SCHEDULE 2AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF SECURICOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES LIMITED

Article 4

  • Cheshire

  • Cleveland

  • Cumbria

  • Durham

  • Greater Manchester

  • Humberside

  • Lancashire

  • Merseyside

  • Northumbria

  • North Yorkshire

  • South Yorkshire

  • West Yorkshire

SCHEDULE 3AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF GSSC OF EUROPE LIMITED

Article 5

  • Avon and Somerset

  • Devon and Cornwall

  • Dorset

  • Gloucestershire

  • Hampshire

  • Kent

  • Surrey

  • Sussex

  • Thames Valley

  • Wiltshire

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the descriptions of persons who are to be made responsible, by a curfew order relating to a place of curfew in any part of England and Wales, for monitoring an offender’s whereabouts during the curfew periods.