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 HL Bill 47—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Baroness Scotland of Asthal 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
Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3 (2)
5
Power to establish probation trusts
6
Power to make grants for probation purposes etc
Miscellaneous
7
Officers of providers of probation services
8
Abolition of local probation boards and transfers of property etc and staff
9
The inspectorate
10
Approved premises
11
Disclosure for offender management purposes
12
Power to repeal section 4
Part 2
Prisons
Contracted out prisons and secure training centres
13
Power of search in contracted out prisons and secure training centres
14
Power of detention in contracted out prisons and secure training centres
15
Powers of authorised persons to perform custodial duties and search
prisoners
16
Powers of director of a contracted out prison
17
Amendment of section 87 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991

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Offences relating to prison security
18
Assisting a prisoner to escape
19
Conveyance of prohibited articles into or out of prison
20
Other offences relating to prison security
21
Offences under sections 19 and 20 : extension of Crown immunity
Other amendments of the Prison Act 1952
22
Removal of requirement to appoint a medical officer etc
23
Amendment of section 8A of the Prison Act 1952
Part 3
Other provisions about the management of offenders
Polygraph conditions for certain offenders released on licence
24
Application of polygraph condition
25
Effect of polygraph condition
26
Use in criminal proceedings of evidence from polygraph sessions
Accreditation of programmes
27
Accreditation of programmes for purposes of programme requirements
Young Offenders
28
Functions of Youth Justice Board
29
Detention and training orders: early release
30
Accommodation in which period of detention and training to be served
31
Conversion of sentence of detention to sentence of imprisonment
32
Escort arrangements
Part 4
Supplemental
33
Orders and regulations
34
Financial provisions
35
Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc
36
Minor and consequential amendments, transitionals, and repeals
37
Extent
38
Commencement
39
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

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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 2 March 2007