# Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (repealed), Paragraph 6B

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that the probation committee for any probation areas shall co-opt members of the local authority, or any of the local authorities, liable under paragraph 15 below to defray the expenses of the committee.
(2) An order under this paragraph may make such consequential, supplementary or transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the order, including provision for such repeals in or modifications of this Schedule as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of it.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (2) above, an order under this paragraph—
(a) may specify, either as a number or as a proportion of the members of the committee, how many persons may be co-opted to a committee and, where two or more authorites are liable to pay the expenses of a committee, how many persons may be co-opted from each of them;
(b) may provide for the procedure for co-opting persons to be followed by a committee;
(c) may require that such consultations as may be specified in the order shall be carried out before persons are so co-opted; and
(d) may disqualify persons of specified descriptions from being co-opted.
(4) An order under this paragraph may make different provision for different committees.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/62/schedule/3/paragraph/6B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-act-1973-repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-6B
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