{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-act-1973-repealed/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-act-1973-repealed/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/62",
  "legislation_title": "Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-act-1973-repealed",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Reports of probation officers.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, where a report by a probation officer or a member of a youth offending team is made to any court (other than a youth court) with a view to assisting the court in determining the most suitable method of dealing with any person in respect of an offence, a copy of the report shall be given by the court to the offender or his counsel or solicitor.\n(2) If the offender is under seventeen years of age and is not represented by counsel or a solicitor, a copy of the report need not be given to him but shall be given to his parent or guardian if present in court.\n(3) For the purposes of this section—\n(a) references to an offender’s parent shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987; and\n(b) “guardian” has the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 46(1) inserted (30.9.1998 for the purposes specified S.I. 1998/2327, art. 3(1)(b), Sch. 1 and otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para.32; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 3(1)(b), Sch.1 (with art. 9) (which Sch. 8 para. 32 of the 1998 Act is repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168, Sch. 12 Pt. I)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 46 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11, para. 40(2)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 46(3) added (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 106, Sch. 7 para.25; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(w)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1987 c.42."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1933 c.12."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/62/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:37.132128+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."
}