Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Disorder (Formulation and Implementation of Strategy) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st April 2010.

(2) In these Regulations “the 2007 Regulations” means the Crime and Disorder (Formulation and Implementation of Strategy) Regulations 2007( 2 ).

(3) These Regulations apply to England only.

Amendments to the 2007 Regulations

2. The 2007 Regulations shall be amended as follows.

3. —(1) In regulation 2, after the definition of “partnership plan” insert the following definition—

“ “re–offending” means offending (in any area) by people living in the area who have previously been convicted of, cautioned for, or warned or reprimanded under section 65 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ( 3 ) for, a criminal offence. ” .

(2) In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (3)”, substitute “paragraphs (3) and (3A)”;

(b) after paragraph (3), insert—

“ (3A) Where there is more than one responsible authority of the type specified in section 5(1)(aa) of the 1998 Act in the area, those providers shall jointly appoint one or more persons to the strategy group. ”

(3) In regulation 6(f), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”.

(4) In regulation 7—

(a) in sub–paragraph (a), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”;

(b) in sub–paragraph (d), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”; and

(c) in sub–paragraph (e), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”.

(5) After regulation 8(2)(f) insert—

“ (g) one or more persons appointed jointly by the providers of probation services operating within the area in pursuance of arrangements under section 3 of the Offender Management Act 2007 ( 4 ) which provide for them to be responsible authorities under section 5 of the 1998 Act. ”

(6) In regulation 9(3)(b), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”.

(7) In regulation 11(1)(a), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”.

(8) In regulation 12(1)—

(a) in sub–paragraph (a), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,” ; and

(b) in sub–paragraph (b), before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”.

(9) In regulation 13, before “crime and disorder”, insert “re–offending,”.