
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Hereford and Worcester) Order 1992.
(2) In this Order—
 “1986 Order” means the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986;
 “abolished division” and “respective new division” have the meanings assigned to them in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Petty Sessional Divisions (Hereford and Worcester) Order 1992.
2 
This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1993 save that, except for the purpose of making appointments to the Hereford and Worcester Probation Committee to take effect on 1st April 1993, that part of article 3 of this Order which substitutes new numbers in column 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Order shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
3 
For the entry in Schedule 2 to the 1986 Order in respect of the Hereford and Worcester Probation Area there shall be substituted the following entry—

(1) (2) (3)
Petty Sessions Area Probation Area Number of justices on probation committee
Bromsgrove and Redditch Hereford and Worcester 2
Herefordshire  2
Severnminster  2
South Worcestershire  3
4 
Until 31st March 1993, column 3 of the entry in Schedule 2 to the 1986 Order in respect of the Hereford and Worcester Probation Area shall have effect as if the number of justices specified in that column relating to the petty sessions areas of Bromsgrove and Redditch. Herefordshire, Severnminister and South Worcestershire was, respectively, 4, 6, 4 and 9.
5 
The members of the Hereford and Worcester Probation Committee appointed before 1st January 1993 by the justices for each of the abolished divisions which then formed the Hereford and Worcester Probation Area shall continue in office until 31st March 1993 as if, in the case of each such appointment, appointed by the justices for the respective new division.
Kenneth Clarke
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
23rd December 1992