{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-14A",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1982/713",
  "legislation_title": "The Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982",
  "path": "article/14A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14A",
  "heading": "“Duties of probation officers”",
  "text": "It shall be the duty of probation officers—\n(a) to supervise the persons placed under their supervision and to advise, assist and befriend those persons;\n(b) to enquire in accordance with any direction of the court into the circumstances or home surroundings of any person with a view to assisting the court in determining the most suitable method of dealing with him; and\n(c) to perform such other duties as may be prescribed or imposed by or under any statutory provision or as the Probation Board may direct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1996 NI 24"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/713/article/14A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:38.648831+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."
}