The Act Part 3 – Other provisions about the Management of Offenders
12.Sections 28 to 30 provide for polygraph testing of offenders released on licence from a sentence of imprisonment of 12 months or more which was imposed for a specified sexual offence, describe the conditions under which polygraph testing may take place and prohibit the use of evidence obtained from polygraph testing in criminal proceedings in which the offender is the defendant.
13.Section 31 amends section 202 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to allow the Secretary of State to accredit programmes for the purposes of programme requirements.
14.Section 32 amends section 41 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to allow the Secretary of State to ask the Youth Justice Board to assist him in the exercise of certain functions and it also provides that the Secretary of State may restrict the way in which the Youth Justice Board exercises certain functions.
15.Section 33 amends the arrangements for early release from the custodial part of the Detention and Training Order.
16.Section 34 widens the category of accommodation in which a period of detention and training may be served.
17.Section 35 extends the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 with regard to the authority for transporting detained young persons between relevant premises.