Offender Rehabilitation Bill (HC Bill 88)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, are published
separately as Bill 88—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary Chris Grayling has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of
the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL] are compatible
with the Convention rights.

Contents

  1. Probation

    1. 1. Probation service reform: Parliamentary approval

  2. Release and supervision of offenders sentenced to less than 2 years

    1. 2. Reduction of cases in which prisoners released unconditionally

    2. 3. Supervision after end of sentence

    3. 4. Breach of supervision requirements

    4. 5. Supervision of certain young offenders after release from detention

    5. 6. Consecutive terms

    6. 7. Supervision of certain young offenders after detention and training order

    7. 8. Minor and consequential provision

  3. Other provision about release and supervision of offenders

    1. 9. Extended sentences: length of extension period

    2. 10. Recall and further release of offenders

    3. 11. Arrangements for supervision and rehabilitation: female offenders

  4. Drugs and offenders released during custodial sentence

    1. 12. Drug testing

    2. 13. Drug appointments

  5. Community orders and suspended sentence orders

    1. 14. Officers responsible for implementing orders

    2. 15. Rehabilitation activity requirement

    3. 16. Programme requirement

    4. 17. Attendance centre requirement

    5. 18. Duty to obtain permission before changing residence

  6. Offenders sentenced by service courts

    1. 19. Amendments of Armed Forces Act 2006

  7. General

    1. 20. Consequential and supplementary provision etc

    2. 21. Transitional provision etc

    3. 22. Commencement

    4. 23. Extent

    5. 24. Short title

    1. Schedule 1

      Supervision requirements

      1. Part 1

        General

      2. Part 2

        Drugs

    2. Schedule 2

      Supervision default orders: new Schedule 19A to Criminal
      Justice Act 2003

    3. Schedule 3

      Release and supervision: minor and consequential provision

    4. Schedule 4

      Officers responsible for implementing orders

      1. Part 1

        Functions confined to the public sector

      2. Part 2

        Consequential provision

    5. Schedule 5

      Rehabilitation activity requirement: consequential provision

    6. Schedule 6

      Offenders sentenced by service courts

    7. Schedule 7

      Cases to which this Act applies