Schedule 1
Offender Management Bill
5:15 pm
Peter Atkinson (Hexham, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 8, in schedule 1, page 22, line 15, at end insert—‘(c) a magistrate.’.
No. 38, in schedule 1, page 22, line 15, at end insert—
‘(c) a magistrate for the area in which the probation trust carries out its functions; and
(d) a local councillor for the area in which the probation trust carries out its functions.’.
No. 27, in schedule 1, page 22, line 18, at end insert—
‘3A (1) The chairman of a probation trust shall be a judge of the High Court or Crown Court.
(2) The remaining members of a probation trust shall include at least one of the following:
(a) a District Judge;
(b) a member of the Police Authority local to the area in which the probation trust carries out its functions;
(c) a qualified psychiatrist from the Health Trust local to the area in which the probation trust carries out its functions;
(d) a member of the local authority to the area in which the probation trust carries out its functions.
(3) In appointing the members of a probation trust, the Secretary of State shall have a duty to ensure that the trust’s membership is, to the extent reasonably practicable, representative of the population of the area in which the trust carries out its functions.’.