Probation Service Act 1993

Probation Service Act 1993[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the probation service and its functions and to arrangements for persons on bail and the rehabilitation of offenders, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
Citation1993 c. 47
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent5 November 1993
Commencement5 February 1994[c]
Repealed1 April 2001[d]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byCriminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Probation Service Act 1993 (c. 47) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the probation service and its functions, and to arrangements for persons on bail and the rehabilitation of offenders, in England and Wales.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 32(3) of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in schedule 4 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1971 c. 23 Courts Act 1971 In section 53, in subsection (6), the words "subsection (2)" and "probation and after care committee" and, in subsection (7), paragraph (a).
1973 c. 62 Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 Section 47.
Section 49.
In section 51, in subsection (1), paragraph (a) and subsections (2) to (8).
In section 54, in subsection (3), the words "to rules under section 49 of this Act nor" and "or paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to" and, in subsection (4), the words from "and an order" to the end.
Schedule 3.
In Schedule 4, paragraph 2.
In Schedule 5, paragraphs 10, 14, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 41.
1974 c. 23 Juries Act 1974 In Schedule 1, in Group B of Part I, the words "probation home".
1977 c. 45 Criminal Law Act 1977 In Schedule 12, in the entry relating to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11.
1982 c. 48 Criminal Justice Act 1982 Section 65.
Schedule 11.
In Schedule 17, paragraphs 16 and 17.
1985 c. 51 Local Government Act 1985 Section 15.
1988 c. 33 Criminal Justice Act 1988 Section 132.
Schedule 11.
In Schedule 15, paragraphs 42 and 105.
1989 c. 41 Children Act 1989 In Schedule 13, paragraph 34.
1991 c. 53 Criminal Justice Act 1991 In section 15, in subsection (1), paragraphs (a) and (b), subsection (2) and subsection (4).
Sections 73 to 75.
Section 94.
Sections 96 and 97.
In section 98(a), the words from "or payments" to the end.
In Schedule 11, paragraph 17.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 75 of, and schedule 8 to, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000, which came into force on 1 April 2001.[e][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 33(1).
  2. ↑ Section 33(3).
  3. ↑ Section 33(2).
  4. ↑ The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2001. (SI 2001/919).
  5. ↑ The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2001 (SI 2001/919).

References

  1. ↑ "A Brief History of Probation". The Probation Association. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "Probation Service Act 1993", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1993 c. 47
  3. ↑ "Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2000 c. 43