Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 1543

The Combined Probation Areas (Oxfordshire)

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1994 No. 1543

PROBATION

The Combined Probation Areas (Oxfordshire)

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 2 of the Probation Service Act^[1]), and after the consultation required by that section, I hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Oxfordshire) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st July 1994.

    2.    That part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order1986^[2] which relates to the Oxfordshire Probation Area^[3] shall be amended by-
 (a) omitting the entries in respect of the petty sessions areas of Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage, North Oxfordshire and Chipping Norton and Woodstock;
 (b) inserting, in alphabetical order-
 (i) in column 1 "Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage" and corresponding to this in column 3 "2";
 (ii) in column 1 "Banbury" and corresponding to this in column 3 "1"; and
 (c) substituting in column 3 "2" for "3" in respect of the petty sessions area of Oxford.

    3.    The five members of the Oxfordshire Probation Committee appointed before 1st July 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Abingdon and Didcot and Wantage shall decide by agreement, or in default of agreement by lot, which two of them shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage^[4].

    4.    The four members of the Oxfordshire Probation Committee appointed before 1st July 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Bicester and Thame and Henley shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions areas of Bicester and Thame and Henley^[4].

    5.    The three members of the Oxfordshire Probation Committee appointed before 1st July 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions area of North Oxfordshire and Chipping Norton shall decide by agreement, or in default of agreement by lot, which one of them shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Banbury^[4].

    6.    The three members of the Oxfordshire Probation Committee appointed before 1st July 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions area of Oxford shall decide by agreement, or in default of agreement by lot, which two of them shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Oxford^[5].

    7.    The three members of the Oxfordshire Probation Committee appointed before 1st July 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Whitney and Woodstock shall decide by agreement, or in default of agreement by lot, which two of them shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Witney^[5].

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, Home Office

8th June 1994

This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 to take account of the reorganisation of the eight petty sessions areas within the Oxfordshire Probation Area into six new petty sessions areas effected by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Oxfordshire) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1208) which comes into force on 1st July 1994.

[1] 1993 c. 47. back

[2] S.I. 1986/1713, amended by S.I. 1992/2121 (which is amended by S.I. 1993/92) and 1993/716. back

[3] The part relating to Oxfordshire was amended by S.I. 1986/2317, 1988/2233 and 1992/840. back

[4] The new petty sessions area of Abingdon, Didcot and Wantage was constituted by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Oxfordshire) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1208) and the petty sessions areas of Bicester, Thame and Henley and Banbury were re-constituted by that Order. back

[5] The petty sessions areas of Oxford and Witney were re-constituted by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Oxfordshire) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1208). back