The Combined Probation Areas (Greater Manchester) (No. 2) Order 1995

Made: 18th December 1995

Coming into force: 1st January 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2 of the Probation Service Act 1993[^f00001], and after the consultation required by that section, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Greater Manchester) (No. 2) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.

2

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

• (a) omitting the entries in respect of the petty sessions areas of Middleton and Heywood, and Rochdale; and

• (b) inserting in alphabetical order in column 1 “Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood”, and corresponding to this in column 3 “2”.

3

The two members of the Greater Manchester Probation Committee appointed before 1st January 1996 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Middleton and Heywood, and Rochdale, shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the new petty sessions area of Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood[^f00004].

Signed

Blatch — Minister of State — 18th December 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1713) to take account of the amalgamation of the petty sessions areas of Middleton and Heywood, and Rochdale, into the new petty sessions area of Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood effected by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Rochdale) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2055), which comes into force on 1st January 1996.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1993 c. 47.

[^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 Greater Manchester was amended by S.I. 1991/69, 1993/2853, 1994/471 and 1995/1749.

[^f00004]: The petty sessions area of Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood was constituted by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Rochdale) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2055).