Explanatory note

These Regulations make provision for appointments to local probation boards, established under Chapter I of Part I of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.

Regulation 2 makes provision for the application to be made to the Secretary of State or a person providing services to him. Appointments may only be made on a recommendation of a selection panel, established in accordance with regulation 3.

Regulation 4 establishes the functions of selection panels. Appointments made by the Secretary of State must be from the persons selected by the selection panel (regulation 5), but where no appointment is made, the post is to be re-advertised (regulation 6).

Regulation 7 amends the Local Probation Boards (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001. It provides that a quorum of the audit committee is 3 or more and that the chairman of the committee is to be appointed by the local probation board.