The Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/504
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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.

Section 2 Establishment of the probation trusts

The following probation trusts are established for the purposes specified in article 3—

(a) Lancashire Probation Trust; and

(b) Greater Manchester Probation Trust.

Section 3 The purposes of the probation trusts

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.