Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 3283

The Combined Probation Areas (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Order 1995

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1995 No. 3283

PROBATION

The Combined Probation Areas (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Order 1995

Made	18th December 1995

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2 of the Probation Service Act 1993,^[1] and after the consultation required by that section, hereby makes the following Order:

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Order 1995.

    (2)  This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996 save that, for the purpose of making appointments to the probation committee for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Probation Area, and of the committee's making appointments to take effect on 1st April 1996, the Order shall come into force forthwith.

    2.    All the petty sessions areas of the probation areas of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire shall be combined in one probation area, to be known as the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Probation Area, and Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986^[2] shall, accordingly, be amended as indicated in article 3 below.

    3.    Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 shall be amended by—
 (a) omitting the entries in respect of the Buckinghamshire^[3] and Oxfordshire^[4] Probation Areas; and
 (b) inserting after that part of the said Schedule which relates to the Nottinghamshire Probation Area—

(1)	(2)	(3)
Petty Sessions Area	Probation Area	Number of Justices on Probation Committee
Abingdon,, Didcot and Wantage Witney }	Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire	1
Banbury Bicester }		1
Central Buckinghamshire		1
Milton Keynes		1
Oxford Thame and Henley }		1
Wycombe and Beaconsfield		1

Blatch

Minister of State
Home Office

18th December 1995

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1713) so as to combine in one probation area all the petty sessions areas of the probation areas of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The new area will be known as the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Probation Area, and the petty sessions areas combined in it will appoint a total of six justices to the committee for the new area. Previously, 9 justices were appointed to the Buckinghamshire Probation Committee, and 11 to the Oxfordshire Probation Committee.

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ISBN 0 11 053830 7

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Notes:

[1] 1993 c. 47.

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

[3] The part relating to Buckinghamshire was amended by S.I. 1994/473.

[4] The part relating to Oxfordshire was amended by S.I. 1986/2317, 1988/2233, 1992/840 and 1994/1543.

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