The Combined Probation Areas (Dorset) Order 1993

Made: 16th October 1993

Coming into force: 1st January 1994

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 54(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973[^f00001], and after the consultation required by that paragraph, I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Dorset) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.

2

That part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986[^f00002] which relates to the Dorset Probation Area[^f00003] shall be amended by—

• (a) omitting the entries in respect of the petty sessions areas of Blandford and Sturminster, Bournemouth, Bridport, Christchurch, Dorchester, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Wareham and Wimborne; and

• (b) inserting in alphabetical order in column 1

• (i) “Bournemouth and Christchurch” and corresponding to that in column 3 “7”,

• (ii) “Central Dorset” and corresponding to that in column 3 “4”, and

• (iii) “West Dorset” and corresponding to that in column 3 “3”.

3

The seven members of the Dorset Probation Committee appointed before 1st January 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Bournemouth and Christchurch shall continue in office as if they had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Bournemouth and Christchurch[^f00004].

4

The four members of the Dorset Probation Committee appointed before 1st January 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Blandford and Sturminster, Shaftesbury, Wareham and Wimborne shall continue in office as if they had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Central Dorset.

5

The three members of the Dorset Probation Committee appointed before 1st January 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Bridport, Dorchester and Sherborne shall continue in office as if they had been appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of West Dorset.

Signed

Michael Howard — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 16th October 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 to take account of the reorganisation of petty sessions areas in Dorset effected by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Dorset) Order 1993 (S. I.1993/2274) which comes into force on 1st January 1994.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 62.

[^f00002]: S.I.1986/1713, amended by S.I.1992/2121 which is amended by S.I. 1993/92 and 1993/716.

[^f00003]: The part relating to Dorset was amended by S.I.1987/2135.

[^f00004]: The new petty sessions areas referred to in articles 3, 4 and 5 were constituted by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Dorset) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2274).