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Criminal Justice Act 2003

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196Meaning of “relevant order”

(1)In this Chapter “relevant order” means—

(a)a community order,

(b)a custody plus order,

(c)a suspended sentence order, or

(d)an intermittent custody order.

(2)In this Chapter any reference to a requirement being imposed by, or included in, a relevant order is, in relation to a custody plus order or an intermittent custody order, a reference to compliance with the requirement being required by the order to be a condition of a licence.

197Meaning of “the responsible officer”

(1)For the purposes of this Part, “the responsible officer”, in relation to an offender to whom a relevant order relates, means—

(a)in a case where the order—

(i)imposes a curfew requirement or an exclusion requirement but no other requirement mentioned in section 177(1) or, as the case requires, section 182(1) or 190(1), and

(ii)imposes an electronic monitoring requirement,

the person who under section 215(3) is responsible for the electronic monitoring required by the order;

(b)in a case where the offender is aged 18 or over and the only requirement imposed by the order is an attendance centre requirement, the officer in charge of the attendance centre in question;

(c)in any other case, the qualifying officer who, as respects the offender, is for the time being responsible for discharging the functions conferred by this Part on the responsible officer.

(2)The following are qualifying officers for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) —

(a)in a case where the offender is aged under 18 at the time when the relevant order is made, an officer of a local probation board appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area for the time being specified in the order or a member of a youth offending team established by a local authority for the time being specified in the order;

(b)in any other case, an officer of a local probation board appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area for the time being specified in the order.

(3)The Secretary of State may by order—

(a)amend subsections (1) and (2), and

(b)make any other amendments of this Part that appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of any amendment made by virtue of paragraph (a).

(4)An order under subsection (3) may, in particular, provide for the court to determine which of two or more descriptions of “responsible officer” is to apply in relation to any relevant order.

198Duties of responsible officer

(1)Where a relevant order has effect, it is the duty of the responsible officer—

(a)to make any arrangements that are necessary in connection with the requirements imposed by the order,

(b)to promote the offender’s compliance with those requirements, and

(c)where appropriate, to take steps to enforce those requirements.

(2)In this section “responsible officer” does not include a person falling within section 197(1)(a).

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