Schedule 3: Minor and Consequential Amendments
187.Part 1 makes amendments to the following Acts consequential on the provisions in Part 1 of the Act relating to the new arrangements for the provision of probation services: the Race Relations Act 1976, Interpretation Act 1978, Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Children Act 2004 and Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (at the time of writing, this is still the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill). With the exception of the amendments to the Interpretation Act, these consequential amendments clarify how responsibilities which are currently placed on local probation boards in other enactments will be exercised under the new arrangements. However, most consequential amendments will be made through secondary legislation using the power in section 38.
188.Part 2 makes a number of consequential amendments to existing legislation to reflect the change of name of Boards of Visitors in section 26. “Independent Monitoring Board” is inserted into the Race Relations Act 1976 and Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is substituted for “Boards of Visitors” in the Prison Act 1952, Employment Rights Act 1996 and Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.
189.Part 3 makes amendments to various Acts consequential on the amendments in section 34 relating to the accommodation in which a person may be detained under a detention and training order.
190.Part 4 makes changes consequential to the revision by section 35 of the escort arrangements for young people who are detained, so as to include those remanded or committed to custody and to cover the full range of “youth detention accommodation”.