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Statutory Instruments
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
5th March 2024
Laid before Parliament
11th March 2024
Coming into force
30th April 2024
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(2B) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000( 1).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Electronic Monitoring (Responsible Persons) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 30th April 2024.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
2.—(1) Article 3 of the Electronic Monitoring (Responsible Persons) Order 2018( 2) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit sub-paragraph (a)(ii).
(3) For sub-paragraph (a)(iv), substitute—
“(iv) Serco Limited, Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9UY (Company number 00242246). ”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “G4S” to the end substitute “G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited, 6th Floor 50 Broadway, London, SW1H 0DB (Company Number 00390328)”.
Gareth Bacon
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
5th March 2024
(This note is not part of the Order)
Offenders may be made subject to electronic monitoring as a condition of their release from prison under section 62 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43). Section 62(2B) provides that a person may not be made responsible for the monitoring of individuals unless they are of a description specified by order of the Secretary of State.
Article 2(2) removes Alcohol Monitoring Systems Limited as a responsible person, and Article 2(3) substitutes Serco Limited for Attenti EM UK Ltd as a responsible person. Article 2(4) replaces G4S Monitoring Technologies Limited with G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited as a responsible person for those subject to a restricted transfer to Scotland and released on Home Detention Curfew.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
2000 c. 43. Sub-section (2B) was inserted by section 7(2) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2).
S.I. 2018/212, amended by S.I. 2018/1277and S.I. 2020/418.