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Article 3 I1F1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(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.

(2)

The following descriptions of persons or bodies are prescribed for those purposes in relation to each local government area–

(a)

a social landlord, registered under Part I of the Housing Act 1996f1, which is a landlord of accommodation in that area;

(b)

the Drug Action Team or the Drug and Alcohol Action Team established in respect of the area which includes that area;

(c)

a Training and Enterprise Council, as defined in paragraph (3) below, which provides assistance to persons who reside within the local government area;

(d)

a voluntary organisation operating in that area whose objects are to provide assistance to young persons through youth work or informal education;

(e)

the Crown Prosecution Service;

(f)

a Court Manager of the Crown Court;

(g)

F2the Lord Chancellor;

(h)

a representative of Neighbourhood Watch Schemes in the local government area;

(i)

a member of a Victim Support Scheme in that area which is affiliated to the National Association of Victim Support Schemes;

(j)

the service police, as defined in paragraph (4) below, where any military establishment is within that area;

(k)

the Ministry of Defence police, where any place to which section 2(2) of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987f2 applies is within that area;

(l)

a body which provides public transport or school transport within that area;

(m)

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 area–

(i)

women;

(ii)

the young, including children;

(iii)

the elderly;

(iv)

the physically and mentally disabled;

(v)

those of different racial groups within the meaning of the Race Relations Act 1976f3;

(vi)

homosexuals;

(vii)

residents;

(n)

a body not falling within sub-paragraph (m) above, one of whose purposes is to reduce crime and disorder in that area;

(o)

a body established for religious purposes within that area;

(p)

a company or partnership which has a place of business within that area;

(q)

a body established to promote retail businesses in that area;

(r)

a trade union, within the meaning of section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992f4;

(s)

a registered medical practitioner who is–

(i)

providing general medical services in that area in accordance with arrangements made under section 29 of the National Health Service Act 1977; or

(ii)

performing personal medical services in that area in accordance with arrangements made under section 28C of that Actf5;

(t)

a body which is representative of registered medical practitioners who are–

(i)

providing general medical services in that area; or

(ii)

performing personal medical services in that area;

(F3u)

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 area;

(F4v)

the fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 for that area;

(F5w)

the British Transport Police.

(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 1973f6 for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain or retain employment.

(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 Marshal.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked (E.) (23.2.2004) by The Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/118), arts. 1(1), 4(a)

F2

Words in art. 3(2)(g) substituted (1.4.2005) by The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/617), art. 1, Sch. para. 173

F3

Art. 3(2)(u) added (1.11.1998) by The Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) (Amendment) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2513), arts. 1, 2(3)

F4

Art. 3(2)(v) substituted (W.) (25.10.2005) by The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2929), arts. 1(1), 47

F5

Art. 3(2)(v)(w) added (1.4.1999) by The Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/483), arts. 1, 2

Commencement

I1

Art. 3 in force at 1.11.1998, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 52.

f2

1987 c. 4.

f3

1976 c. 74.

f4

1992 c. 52.

f5

By virtue of section 40(3)(a) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), the reference to arrangements made under section 28C is to be read as including reference to pilot schemes.

f6

1973 c. 50; section 2 of the 1973 Act was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19).