{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/approved-probation-and-bail-hostel-rules-1995/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/approved-probation-and-bail-hostel-rules-1995/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/302",
  "legislation_title": "The Approved Probation and Bail Hostel Rules 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/approved-probation-and-bail-hostel-rules-1995",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Management of hostels by other persons",
  "text": "(1) Every hostel shall be managed by a committee which shall be known as the management committee.\n(2) The committee shall prepare a written constitution which shall be subject to approval by the probation committee in whose area the hostel is situated.\n(3) The constitution shall deal with membership of the committee, duration of appointments, regularity of meetings, the quorum of the committee and such other matters as are considered relevant by the committee or by the probation committee whose approval for the constitution is required.\n(4) The committee shall notify the probation committee in whose area the hostel is situated of the date and time of any meeting and shall make arrangements so that—\n(a) a member of the probation committee may attend the meeting; and\n(b) an officer of the probation service of the rank of Assistant Chief Probation Officer and above may attend the meeting as an observer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/302/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:16:57.178508+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}