# The Local Probation Boards (Appointment and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Local Probation Boards (Appointment) Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”) and the Local Probation Boards (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (“the 2001 Regulations”).
Regulation 2(a) removes regulation 5(2) of the 2000 Regulations, which provided that where practicable four of the persons appointed to a local probation board should be justices of the peace within the area of the board and two of the persons appointed should be members of a local authority for a local government area (within the meaning of section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972) which falls within the area of the board.
Regulation 2(b) amends regulation 6 of the 2000 Regulations so that members of a local probation board other than the chief officer can be appointed for a term not exceeding three years.
Regulation 3 amends regulation 8(2) of the 2001 Regulations to reduce the number of members of a local probation board who must be present at a meeting for it to be quorate to 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2664/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-probation-boards-appointment-and-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-2006/note
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