{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offender-management-act-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offender-management-act-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/21",
  "legislation_title": "Offender Management Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offender-management-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A probation trust shall consist of—\n(a) a chairman and not less than four other members appointed by the Secretary of State; and\n(b) the chief executive.\n(2) In the following provisions “appointed member” means a member of a probation trust appointed by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (1)(a) (including the chairman, where the context allows).\n(3) Where practicable, at least one of the appointed members of a probation trust must, when appointed, be a member of a relevant local authority.\n(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) “relevant local authority” means—\n(a) a county council, district council or parish council in England, a London Borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; or\n(b) a county council, county borough council or community council in Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.3.2008 by S.I. 2008/504, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/21/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:36.661073+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}