1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Curfew Condition) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 4^th April 2005.

(2) In this Order “police area” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Police Act 1996(2).

2.  The description of person responsible for monitoring the whereabouts of an offender subject to a curfew condition for the purposes of section 253(5) (curfew condition to be included in licence under section 246) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(3)—

(a)in relation to such a condition imposed on an offender residing in a police area specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, is one employed by Premier Monitoring Services, PO Box 45, Norwich, NR3 1BF to monitor offenders; and

(b)in relation to such a condition imposed on an offender residing in a police area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, is one employed by Securicor Justice Services, Sutton Park, 15 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surry, SML 4LD to monitor offenders.

Article 2(a)

SCHEDULE 1POLICE AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF PREMIER MONITORING SERVICES LIMITED

• Bedfordshire

• Cambridgeshire

• City of London Police Area

• Dyfed Powys

• Essex

• Gwent

• Hertfordshire

• Metropolitan Police District

• Norfolk

• North Wales

• South Wales

• Staffordshire

• Suffolk

• Warwickshire

• West Mercia

• West Midlands

Article 2(b)

SCHEDULE 2POLICE AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF SECURICOR JUSTICE SERVICES LIMITED

• Avon and Somerset

• Cheshire

• Cleveland

• Cumbria

• Derbyshire

• Devon and Cornwall

• Dorset

• Durham

• Gloucestershire

• Greater Manchester

• Hampshire

• Humberside

• Kent

• Lancashire

• Leicestershire

• Lincolnshire

• Merseyside

• Northamptonshire

• Northumbria

• North Yorkshire

• Nottinghamshire

• South Yorkshire

• Surrey

• Sussex

• Thames Valley

• West Yorkshire

• Wiltshire

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for the different persons responsible for the electronic monitoring of offenders subject to a curfew condition imposed under section 246 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (power to release prisoners on licence before required to do so). The areas covered by the monitoring providers are set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Order.