Paragraph 9

The Children Act 1989 shall be amended as follows.

In section 58 (compensation on cessation etc. of community home), in subsection (4)(b), after the words “section 51(3)(c) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973” there shall be inserted the words “ or section 20(1)(c) of the Probation Service Act 1993 ”.

In Schedule 3 (supervision orders), in paragraph 9(2)(b) for the words following “probation officers” there shall be substituted the words “ by section 14, or by rules under section 25(2)(c), of the Probation Service Act 1993. ”