Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000

This part sets up probation and child welfare bodies, gives the Secretary of State control over some appointments and directions, and creates rules about child-work disqualification orders and related offences.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
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Language
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This part sets up probation and child welfare bodies, gives the Secretary of State control over some appointments and directions, and creates rules about child-work disqualification orders and related offences. Police detention samples may be taken only if the statutory conditions are met, and officers must give warnings and record authorisations; the Secretary of State also has several regulation, consultation, reporting, and code-of-practice duties. This part sets out trigger offences and makes many related amendments, including replacing probation committee references with local probation board or Service references and changing several age-based rules to 18. This provision is mainly a list of extent, commencement, repeal, insertion, substitution, and transfer-of-functions notes for sections and schedules. This provision records a series of amendments, repeals, insertions, substitutions, and omissions affecting various sections and schedules.