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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-strategies-prescribed-descriptions-wales-order-2009/article-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2009/3050",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) (Wales) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-strategies-prescribed-descriptions-wales-order-2009",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prescribed descriptions of persons or bodies for the purposes of section 5(3) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998",
  "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) Those persons or bodies are, as respects each local government area in Wales—\n(a) the Environment Agency;\n(b) a voluntary organisation operating in that area whose objects are to provide assistance to young persons through youth work or informal education;\n(c) the Crown Prosecution Service;\n(d) a Court Manager of the Crown Court;\n(e) the Lord Chancellor;\n(f) a representative of Neighbourhood Watch Schemes in that area;\n(g) a member of a Victim Support Scheme in that area which is affiliated to the National Association of Victim Support Schemes;\n(h) the service police as defined in paragraph (3), where any military establishment is within that area;\n(i) 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 area;\n(j) a body which provides school transport within that area;\n(k) a body which provides or operates public transport within that area;\n(l) 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—\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(m) a body not falling within sub-paragraph (l) above, one of whose purposes is to reduce crime and disorder in that area;\n(n) a body established for religious purposes within that area;\n(o) a company or partnership which has a place of business within that area;\n(p) a body established to promote retail business in that area;\n(q) a trade union, within the meaning of section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992;\n(r) a registered medical practitioner who is—\n(i) providing general medical services in that area in accordance with arrangements made under Part 4 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006; or\n(ii) performing primary medical services in that area in accordance with arrangements made under Part 4 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;\n(s) a body which is representative of registered medical practitioners who are—\n(i) providing general medical services in that area; or\n(ii) performing primary medical services in that area;\n(t) 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;\n(u) the chief officer of the fire and rescue service any part of whose area lies within that area;\n(v) the British Transport Police.\n(3) In paragraph (2)(h) above, “service police” means the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police, the Royal Air Force Police or the Royal Air Force Provost Marshall.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1976 c. 74."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2013/755",
      "affecting_title": "The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2022/1051",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2022/1051",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2009/3050/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:55:04.101350+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."
}