{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-4.json",
  "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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Functions of the Board",
  "text": "(1) The Board shall—\n(a) secure the maintenance of an adequate and efficient probation service;\n(b) secure that arrangements are made for persons to perform work under community service orders;\n(c) provide such probation officers and other staff as the Department of Justice considers necessary to perform social welfare duties in prisons and young offenders centres; and\n(d) undertake such other duties as may be prescribed.\n(2) The Board may, with the approval of the Department of Justice,—\n(a) provide and maintain probation hostels and other establishments for use in connection with the supervision and assistance of offenders;\n(b) provide and maintain bail hostels;\n(c) make and give effect to schemes for the supervision and assistance of offenders and the prevention of crime;\n(d) enter into arrangements with voluntary organisations or any other persons (including government departments and public bodies) whereby those organisations or persons undertake, on such terms (including terms as to payment by the Board to those organisations or persons) as may be specified in the arrangements,—\n(i) the provision and maintenance of such hostels and other establishments as are mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b);\n(ii) to give effect to such schemes for the supervision and assistance of offenders and the prevention of crime, whether made by those organisations or persons or made by the Board under sub‐paragraph (c)",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(1)(c) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 20 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 20 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1991 NI 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/713/article/4",
    "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."
}