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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-strategies-prescribed-descriptions-england-order-2004/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/118",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) (England) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-strategies-prescribed-descriptions-england-order-2004",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This article prescribes for the purposes of section 5(3) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 the descriptions of persons or bodies at least one of each of which must be invited by responsible authorities to participate in their exercise of the functions conferred by section 6 of that Act.\n(2) The following descriptions of persons or bodies are prescribed for those purposes in relation to each local government area in England—\n(a) a social landlord, registered under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996, which is a landlord of accommodation in that local government area;\n(b) the Drug Action Team or the Drug and Alcohol Action team established in respect of the area which includes that local government area;\n(c) a Training and Enterprise Council, as defined in paragraph (3) below, which provides assistance to persons who reside within the local government area;\n(d) a voluntary organisation operating in that local government area whose objects are to provide assistance to young persons through youth work or informal education;\n(e) the Crown Prosecution Service;\n(f) a Court Manager of the Crown Court;\n(g) a magistrates' court committee for an area any part of which is within that local government area;\n(h) a representative of Neighbourhood Watch Schemes in the local government area;\n(i) a member of a Victim Support Scheme in that local government area which is affiliated to the National Association of Victim Support Schemes;\n(j) the service police, as defined in paragraph (4) below, where any military establishment is within that local government area;\n(k) the Ministry of Defence police, where any place to which section 2(2) of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 applies is within that local government area;\n(l) a body which provides school transport within that local government area;\n(m) a body which provides or operates public transport within that local government area;\n(n) a Passenger Transport Authority, within the meaning of section 9 of the Transport Act 1968, for an area any part of which is in that local government area;\n(o) a Passenger Transport Executive within the meaning of section 9 of the Transport Act 1968, for an area any part of which is in that local government area;\n(p) Transport for London where that local government area is a London borough;\n(q) in respect of each of the following descriptions, a body which promotes the interests of, or provides services to, persons of that description within that local government area—\n(i) women;\n(ii) the young, including children;\n(iii) the elderly;\n(iv) the physically and mentally disabled;\n(v) those of different racial groups within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976;\n(vi) homosexuals;\n(vii) residents;\n(r) a body not falling within sub-paragraph (q) above, one of whose purposes is to reduce crime and disorder in that local government area;\n(s) a body established for religious purposes within that local government area;\n(t) a company or partnership which has a place of business within that local government area;\n(u) a body established to promote retail business in that local government area;\n(v) a trade union, within the meaning of section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992;\n(w) a registered medical practitioner who is—\n(i) providing general medical services in that local government area in accordance with arrangements made under section 29 of the National Health Service Act 1977; or\n(ii) performing personal medical services in that local government area in accordance with arrangements made under section 28C of that Act;\n(x) a body which is representative of registered medical practitioners who are—\n(i) providing general medical services in that local government area; or\n(ii) performing personal medical services in that local government area;\n(y) a governing body of an institution within the higher education sector, as defined in section 91 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, in that local government area;\n(z) the chief officer of the fire brigade for an area any part of which lies within that local government area;\n(aa) the British Transport Police.\n(3) In paragraph (2)(c) above, “Training and Enterprise Council” means a body with whom the secretary of State has made arrangements under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain or retain employment.\n(4) In paragraph (2)(j) above, “service police” means the Royal Navy Regulating Branch, the Royal Marines Police, the Royal Military Police, the Royal Air Force Police or the Royal Air Force Provost Marshall.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 6 was amended by section 97(7) to (11) of the Police Reform Act 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1987 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1968 c. 73; section 9 was amended by sections 57 and 58 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1976 c. 74."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1992 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1977 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1973 c. 50."
    }
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      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Police Amendments) Order 2007"
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      "affecting_title": "The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2005"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2004/865",
      "affecting_title": "The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2004/865",
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    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2022/1051",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022"
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    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2022/1051",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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