Provisions coming into force in the specified areas on 1st April 2008 and transitional provision4

1

The day specified for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act in relation to the areas specified in paragraph (2) is 1st April 2008—

a

section 1 (meaning of “probation purposes”);

b

section 2 (responsibility for ensuring the provision of probation services);

c

section 3(1) to (5), and (7) (power to make arrangements for the provision of probation services);

d

section 4 (restriction on certain arrangements under section 3);

e

section 6 (power to make grants for probation purposes etc);

f

section 7(3) (national standards for the management of offenders);

g

section 8 (annual plans);

h

section 10 (national framework for qualifications of officers);

i

section 11(1) (abolition of local probation boards);

j

section 12(3) (the inspectorate);

k

section 15 (power to repeal section 4);

l

section 39 (minor and consequential amendments, transitionals, and repeals) insofar as it relates to the entries in Schedule 5 specified in sub-paragraph (m); and

m

Part 1 (probation services) of Schedule 5 (repeals), the entries relating to the following provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000—

i

sections 1 to 5;

ii

section 8;

iii

section 10;

iv

section 18;

v

section 20(2);

vi

section 21(5);

vii

section 22; and

viii

Schedule 1.

2

The areas specified are the following police areas5—

a

Humberside6;

b

Leicestershire;

c

Merseyside;

d

West Mercia;

e

Dyfed Powys; and

f

South Wales.