Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 504
Probation, England And Wales
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2009
Made
5th March 2009
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2009
Coming into force
1st April 2009
The Secretary of State in exercise of the power conferred by section 5(1) of the Offender Management Act 2007( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 1st April 2009.
Establishment of the probation trusts
2. The following probation trusts are established for the purposes specified in article 3—
(a) Lancashire Probation Trust; and
(b) Greater Manchester Probation Trust.
The purposes of the probation trusts
3. The purposes of each of the probation trusts established by article 2 are—
(a) the making and performance by the trust of contracts with the Secretary of State under section 3(2) of the Offender Management Act 2007; and
(b) the making and performance by the trust of contracts with another probation trust or any other person which provide for the carrying out by the trust of activities which contribute to the achievement of any purpose mentioned in section 2(1) of the Offender Management Act 2007.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
David Hanson
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
5th March 2009