{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-probation-boards-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/786",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Probation Boards (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-probation-boards-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make miscellaneous provision in connection with local probation boards. They extend the purposes of the National Probation Service to include the giving of information to victims of offenders and alleged offenders. The Regulations also prescribe the functions of boards which are to be exercised by chief officers on behalf of local probation boards. They also prescribe the persons eligible to make complaints in relation to things done under arrangements made by local boards under section 5 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000. In addition, the Regulations provide for the establishment and functions of audit committees and for the procedure of local and audit committees. They also provide for the appointment of secretaries and treasurers to local probation boards and for their tenure of office.\nThe Regulations also amend the Local Probation Boards (Appointment) Regulations 2000 so as to substitute a period of six months instead of two months as the period after which the Secretary of State can suspend or remove from office a member of the board who has failed to attend board meetings without consent during that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/786/note",
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  },
  "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."
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