Part IE+W+S Prevention of crime and disorder

Chapter IE+W England and Wales

Miscellaneous and supplementalE+W

18 Interpretation etc. of Chapter I.E+W

(1)In this Chapter—

• “anti-social behaviour order” has the meaning given by section 1(4) above;

• “chief officer of police” has the meaning given by section 101(1) of the M1Police Act 1996;

• “child safety order” has the meaning given by section 11(1) above;

• F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F2“individual support order” has the meaning given by section 1AA(2) above;]

• F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F3“local policing body” has the meaning given by section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996;]

• [F4“parental compensation order” has the meaning given by section 13A(1) above;]

• “parenting order” has the meaning given by section 8(4) above;

• “police area” has the meaning given by section 1(2) of the M2Police Act 1996;

• “police authority” has the meaning given by section 101(1) of that Act;

• “responsible officer”—

  (za)

  [F5in relation to an individual support order, has the meaning given by section 1AA(10) above;

  (a)

  in relation to a parenting order, has the meaning given by section 8(8) above;

  (b)

  in relation to a child safety order, has the meaning given by section 11(8) above;

• [F6“serious harm” shall be construed in accordance with section 224 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)Where directions under a parenting order are to be given by [F9an officer of a local probation board], [F9the officer of a local probation board] shall be an officer appointed for or assigned to the [F10local justice area] within which it appears to the court that the child or, as the case may be, the parent resides or will reside.

[F11(3A)Where directions under a parenting order are to be given by an officer of a provider of probation services, the officer of a provider of probation services shall be an officer acting in the local justice area within which it appears to the court that the child or, as the case may be, the parent resides or will reside.]

(4)Where the supervision under a child safety order is to be provided, or directions under [F12an individual support order or] a parenting order are to be given, by—

(a)a social worker of a local authority F13. . . ; or

(b)a member of a youth offending team,

the social worker or member shall be a social worker of, or a member of a youth offending team established by, the local authority within whose area it appears to the court that [F14the child, defendant or parent, as the case may be,] resides or will reside.

(5)For the purposes of this Chapter the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple form part of the City of London.]]