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Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1215
Probation, England And Wales
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) (Amendment) Order 2012
Made
3rd May 2012
Laid before Parliament
4th May 2012
Coming into force
30th May 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) of, and paragraph 13(6) of Schedule 1 to, the Offender Management Act 2007(1).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) (Amendment) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 30th May 2012.
Amendment to the Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2010
2.-(1) The Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2010(2) is amended as follows.
(2) After article 3 insert-
"Designation of Wales Probation Trust
3A. Wales Probation Trust is designated as a Welsh probation trust."
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Crispin Blunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
3rd May 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
This Order amends the Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2010 by inserting a new article 3A. New article 3A designates Wales Probation Trust as a "Welsh probation trust". The amendment will enable the Auditor General for Wales to examine the accounts of the Wales Probation Trust in accordance with paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Offender Management Act 2007.