Explanatory note

This Order amends the Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2452) by removing the governing body of an institution in the higher education sector from article 2 of that Order, which prescribes descriptions of persons or bodies who are required to co-operate with local authorities and chief officers of police in the formulation and implementation of strategies for the reduction of crime and disorder within local government areas, and by placing such a governing body in article 3 of that Order, which prescribes descriptions of persons or bodies, at least one of each of which must be invited to participate in that exercise.