Paragraph 7 I1

Amend section 40 (serious crime prevention orders: costs in relation to authorised monitors) as follows.

In subsections (1) and (4) for “Secretary of State” substitute “appropriate authority”.

After subsection (8) insert—

“(9)

In this section “the appropriate authority” means—

(a)

in relation to serious crime prevention orders in England and Wales, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to serious crime prevention orders in Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.”