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The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/32 · Made 13 January 2009

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Probation, England And Wales

Prisons, England And Wales

Made 13th January 2009

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41(1), (2), (4) and (5)(a) of the Offender Management Act 2007f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c. 21

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force in England and Wales on 19th January 2009
  3. 3Provisions coming into force in the specified areas for the specified period
  4. 4Specified areas
  5. 5Specified period
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Offender Management Act 2007.

2Provisions coming into force in England and Wales on 19th January 2009

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 30 (use in criminal proceedings of evidence from polygraph sessions) of the Act is 19th January 2009.

3Provisions coming into force in the specified areas for the specified period

The following provisions of the Act will come into force in relation to the areas specified in article 4 for the period specified in article 5—

(a)

section 28 (application of polygraph condition); and

(b)

section 29 (effect of polygraph condition).

4Specified areas

The areas specified are the following police areasf1—

(a)

Derbyshire;

(b)

Leicestershire;

(c)

Lincolnshire;

(d)

Northamptonshire;

(e)

Nottinghamshire;

(f)

Staffordshire;

(g)

Warwickshire;

(h)

West Mercia; and

(i)

West Midlands.

5Specified period

The provisions in article 3 will have effect in the areas specified in article 4 for a period beginning on 19th January 2009 and ending on 31st March 2012.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

David Hanson

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

13th January 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Offender Management Act 2007f1. Article 2 commences in England and Wales provisions for the use in criminal proceedings of evidence from polygraph sessions from 19th January 2009.

Article 4 specifies the area in which the provisions in article 3 are brought into force. Article 5 specifies the period that these provisions are in force. These provisions enable the Secretary of State to include polygraph conditions for certain offenders released on licence. These provisions are being commenced in nine police areas in the East and West Midlands regions as part of a pilot scheme running from 19th January 2009 until 31st March 2012.