Paragraph 7
Scotland
Any probation order made under the M1Probation of Offenders Act 1907 by virtue of which a person is under supervision at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been made under this Act:
Provided that where any requirement as to residence in such an order has been in operation for more than six months the probation officer shall apply to the court for a review of the requirement for the purpose of considering whether the requirement should be cancelled or the period thereof reduced, and where the requirement has been in operation for more than twelve months the probation officer shall report the case to the court with a view to an order terminating the requirement.
Any order made by the Secretary of State under paragraph (ii) of subsection (1) of section two of the M2Probation of Offenders (Scotland) Act 1931 for the combination or division of areas shall have effect as if made under the Third Schedule to this Act.
The members of a probation committee appointed for any area in accordance with rules under section three of the aforesaid Act of 1931 holding office at the commencement of this Act shall, pending an appointment of a committee under paragraph 2 of the Third Schedule to this Act be deemed to be the probation committee for that area under this Act and the salaried probation officers appointed under the said Act for any area and holding office at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed under paragraph 3 of the said Schedule.
Annotations
Marginal citations
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Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 6, 7(2), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 3 para. 1, 3, 16)