Offender Management Bill

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Offender Management Bill

Offender Management Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office, are published separately

as EN—9.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary John Reid has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the

Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Offender Management Bill are compatible with the

Convention rights.

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Contents

Part 1

New arrangements for the provision of probation services

Probation purposes

1

Meaning of “the probation purposes”

Functions of the Secretary of State

2

Responsibility for ensuring the provision of probation services

3

Power to make arrangements for the provision of probation services

4

Power to establish probation trusts

5

Power to make grants for probation purposes etc

Miscellaneous

6

Officers of providers of probation services

7

Abolition of local probation boards and transfers of property etc and staff

8

The inspectorate

9

Approved premises

10

Disclosure for offender management purposes

Part 2

Prisons

Contracted out prisons and secure training centres

11

Power of search in contracted out prisons and secure training centres

12

Power of detention in contracted out prisons and secure training centres

13

Powers of authorised persons to perform custodial duties and search

prisoners

14

Powers of director of a contracted out prison

15

Amendment of section 87 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991

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Offences relating to prison security

16

Assisting a prisoner to escape

17

Conveyance of prohibited articles into or out of prison

18

Other offences relating to prison security

19

Offences under sections 17 and 18 : extension of Crown immunity

Other amendments of the Prison Act 1952

20

Removal of requirement to appoint a medical officer etc

21

Amendment of section 8A of the Prison Act 1952

Part 3

Other provisions about the management of offenders

22

Accreditation of programmes for purposes of programme requirements

23

Functions of Youth Justice Board

24

Detention and training orders: early release

25

Accommodation in which period of detention and training to be served

26

Conversion of sentence of detention to sentence of imprisonment

27

Escort arrangements

Part 4

Supplemental

28

Orders and regulations

29

Financial provisions

30

Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc

31

Minor and consequential amendments, transitionals, and repeals

32

Extent

33

Commencement

34

Short title

Schedule 1   —

Probation trusts: further provisions

Schedule 2   —

Transfers of property etc and staff in connection with

probation services arrangements

Schedule 3   —

Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1   —

DTOs: accommodation

Part 2   —

Escort arrangements

Schedule 4   —

Transitional and transitory provisions and savings

Part 1   —

Provisions relating to Part 1

Part 2   —

Provisions relating to Part 2

Part 3   —

Provisions relating to Part 3

Schedule 5   —

Repeals

Part 1   —

Probation services

Part 2   —

Prisons etc

Part 3   —

Miscellaneous

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Revised 23 November 2006