ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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1. Part I

   The New Services

   1. Chapter I

      National Probation Service for England and Wales

      1. Introduction

         1. 1. Purposes of the Chapter.

         2. 2. Aims of the Service.

      2. Functions

         1. 3. Functions of the Secretary of State.

         2. 4. Local probation boards.

         3. 5. Functions of local probation boards.

         4. 6. The inspectorate.

         5. 7. Functions of inspectorate.

      3. Miscellaneous

         1. 8. Support services.

         2. 9. Approved premises.

         3. 10. Default powers.

   2. Chapter II

      Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

      1. 11. Establishment of the Service.

      2. 12. Principal functions of the Service.

      3. 13. Other powers of the Service.

      4. 14. Provision of staff or services to other organisations.

      5. 15. Right to conduct litigation and right of audience.

      6. 16. Cross-examination of officers of the Service.

      7. 17. Inspection.

   3. Chapter III

      General

      1. Property and staff

         1. 18. Definitions.

         2. 19. Property.

         3. 20. Transfer of staff.

         4. 21. Effect of transfer of eligible employees.

         5. 22. Effect of transfer of chief probation officers.

         6. 23. Transfer of staff in consequence of arrangements under Part I.

      2. Provision for the protection of children

         1. 24. Provision for the protection of children.

      3. Interpretation

         1. 25. Interpretation of Part I.

2. Part II

   Protection of Children

   1. Disqualification orders

      1. 26. Meaning of “offence against a child”.

      2. 27. Equivalent armed forces offences.

      3. 28. Disqualification from working with children: adults.

      4. 29. Disqualification from working with children: juveniles.

      5. 30. Sections 28 and 29: supplemental.

      6. 31. Appeals.

      7. 32. Review of disqualification.

      8. 33. Conditions for application under section 32.

      9. 34. Restoration of disqualification order.

   2. Effect of disqualification from working with children

      1. 35. Persons disqualified from working with children: offences.

      2. 36. Meaning of “regulated position”.

      3. 37. Disqualification in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

      4. 38. Rehabilitation of offenders.

   3. Indecent conduct towards children

      1. 39. Extension of offence: conduct towards 14 and 15 year olds.

      2. 40. Extension of corresponding Northern Ireland offence: conduct towards 14 to 16 year olds.

   4. Indecent photographs of children: increase of maximum penalties

      1. 41. Indecent photographs of children: increase of maximum penalties.

   5. General

      1. 42. Interpretation of Part II.

3. Part III

   Dealing with offenders

   1. Chapter I

      Community sentences

      1. Renaming certain community orders

         1. 43. Probation orders renamed community rehabilitation orders.

         2. 44. Community service orders renamed community punishment orders.

         3. 45. Combination orders renamed community punishment and rehabilitation orders.

      2. New community orders

         1. 46. Exclusion orders.

         2. 47. Drug abstinence orders.

      3. Miscellaneous

         1. 48. Pre-sentence drug testing.

         2. 49. Community sentences: drug abstinence requirements.

         3. 50. Community sentences: curfew requirements.

         4. 51. Community sentences: exclusion requirements.

         5. 52. Community sentences: electronic monitoring of requirements.

         6. 53. Breach of community orders: warning and punishment.

         7. 54. Breach of community orders: failure to answer summons.

         8. 55. Regulation of community orders.

   2. Chapter II

      Miscellaneous

      1. Young offenders: reprimands and warnings

         1. 56. Reprimands and warnings.

      2. Police powers: drugs

         1. 57. Testing persons in police detention.

      3. Bail

         1. 58. Right to bail: relevance of drug misuse.

      4. Detention

         1. 59. Remand centres.

         2. 60. Life sentences: tariffs.

         3. 61. Abolition of sentences of detention in a young offender institution, custody for life, etc.

      5. Release of prisoners on licence etc.

         1. 62. Release on licence etc: conditions as to monitoring.

         2. 63. Supervision of young offenders after release.

         3. 64. Release on licence etc: drug testing requirements.

         4. 65. Short-term prisoners: release subject to curfew conditions.

      6. Sexual or violent offenders

         1. 66. Amendments of the Sex Offenders Act 1997.

         2. 67. Arrangements for assessing etc. risks posed by certain offenders.

         3. 68. Section 67: interpretation.

         4. 69. Duties of local probation boards in connection with victims of certain offences.

   3. Chapter III

      Supplementary

      1. 70. Interpretation, etc.

4. Part IV

   General and supplementary

   1. Chapter I

      General

      1. 71. Access to driver licensing records.

      2. 72. Failure to secure regular attendance at school.

      3. 73. Parenting orders: responsible officer.

      4. 74. Amendments.

      5. 75. Repeals.

   2. Chapter II

      Supplementary

      1. 76. Subordinate legislation.

      2. 77. Supplementary and consequential provision, etc.

      3. 78. General interpretation.

      4. 79. Expenses.

      5. 80. Commencement.

      6. 81. Extent.

      7. 82. Short title.

5. Schedules:

   1. Schedule 1

      Local probation boards.

   2. Schedule 2

      Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

   3. Schedule 3

      Transfer of property.

   4. Schedule 4

      Meaning of “offence against a child”.

   5. Schedule 5

      Amendments of the Sex Offenders Act 1997.

   6. Schedule 6

      Trigger offences.

   7. Schedule 7

      Minor and consequential amendments.

      1. Part I

         New names.

      2. Part II

         General.

   8. Schedule 8

      Repeals.