Explanatory Notes

Offender Management Act 2007

2007 CHAPTER 21

26 July 2007

Commentary on Sections

Part 2: Prisons

Section 26: Independent Monitoring Boards

117.Section 26 provides for the change of name from “Boards of Visitors” to “Independent Monitoring Boards” and replaces references to “Boards of Visitors” in the Prison Act 1952 with the title “Independent Monitoring Boards”. It also removes the requirement in section 6 of the Prison Act 1952 that at least two members of the Board must be magistrates.