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2. Secure training orders: supplementary provisions as to detention.
4. Breaches of requirements of supervision of persons subject to secure training orders.
9. Powers and duties of custody officers employed at contracted out secure training centres.
10. Intervention by Secretary of State in management of contracted out secure training centres.
11. Contracted out functions at directly managed secure training centres.
14. Wrongful disclosure of information relating to persons detained in youth detention accommodation.
25. No bail for defendants charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous conviction of such offences.
26. No right to bail for persons accused or convicted of committing offence while on bail.
27. Power for police to grant conditional bail to persons charged.
29. Power for police to arrest for failure to answer to police bail.
Part III Course of Justice: Evidence, Procedure, Etc.
Inferences from accused’s silence
34. Effect of accused’s failure to mention facts when questioned or charged.
36. Effect of accused’s failure or refusal to account for objects, substances or marks.
37. Effect of accused’s failure or refusal to account for presence at a particular place.
38. Interpretation and savings for sections 34, 35, 36 and 37.
39A.Power to apply sections 36 and 37 in relation to food crime officers
Part V Public Order: Unauthorised encampments and Collective Trespass or Nuisance on Land
Part VII Obscenity and Pornography and Videos
Part VIII Prison Services and the Prison Service
Part IX Miscellaneous Amendments: Scotland
129. Transfer of persons detained by police and customs officers.
131. Conditions in licence of released prisoner: requirement for Parole Board recommendations.
132. Provision for standard requirements in supervised release orders in Scotland.
133. Extension of categories of prisoner to whom Part I of Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 applies.
134. Amendment of provisions continued in effect for certain prisoners by Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993.
135. Further amendment of Schedule 6 to the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993: application of “new provisions”.
Certification of Custody Officers: England and Wales
Magistrates’ Courts: Dealing with cases where accused pleads guilty
Certification of Prisoner Custody Officers: Scotland
Certification of Prisoner Custody Officers: Northern Ireland
Offences specified for the purposes of section 137A
Part 1 Offences under the law of England and Wales
2.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
3.(1) An offence under any of the following provisions of...
6.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
7.An offence under section 106A of the Taxes Management Act...
9.An offence under section 4 of the Aviation Security Act...
11.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
12.An offence under section 1 of the Prohibition of Female...
13.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
14.An offence under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act...
17.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
19.An offence under section 38B of the Terrorism Act 2000...
20.An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment)...
22.(1) An offence under any of the following provisions of...
23.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
24.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
25A.An offence under any of the following sections of the...
Part 2 Offences under the law of Scotland
27.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
28.An offence under section 106A of the Taxes Management Act...
30.An offence under section 4 of the Aviation Security Act...
31.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
33.An offence under section 1 of the Prohibition of Female...
36.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
37.An offence under section 38B of the Terrorism Act 2000...
39.An offence under section 313 of the Mental Health (Care...
40.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
41.Any of the following offences under the Sexual Offences (Scotland)...
42.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
43.An offence under section 2 of the Abusive Behaviour and...
43A.An offence under any of the following sections of the...
Part 3 Offences under the law of Northern Ireland
45.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
46.An offence under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment...
47.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
49.An offence under section 106A of the Taxes Management Act...
51.An offence under section 4 of the Aviation Security Act...
52.An offence under Article 8 of the Homosexual Offences (Northern...
53.An offence under section 1 of the Prohibition of Female...
54.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
55.An offence under Article 121 of the Mental Health (Northern...
56.An offence under Article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence,...
59.An offence under Article 6 of the Protection from Harassment...
60.An offence under section 38B of the Terrorism Act 2000...
61.An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment)...
63.An offence under section 53 of the Sexual Offences Act...
64.An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
65.An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
66.(1) An offence under any of the following provisions of...
Rights of persons arrested under section 137A: modifications
Part 1 Arrests in respect of offences committed in England and Wales
Part 3 Arrests in respect of offences committed in Northern Ireland
Magistrates’ courts’ jurisdiction in cases involving children and young persons
Treatment of mental condition of offenders placed on probation
Confiscation orders in drug trafficking cases: variation of sentences
Assaulting prisoner custody officer triable with indictable offence
Remands and committals of young persons to secure accommodation
Extradited persons: sentence of imprisonment to reflect custody
Confiscation orders in terrorist-related activities cases: variation of sentences
Responsibility for fine for breach of requirements of secure training order
Use of young offender institutions as secure training centres
Young offenders: transfer, supervision and recall within British Islands
Rehabilitation of offenders subject to secure training orders
Young offenders: detention in the custody of a constable and others
Detention by constables and officers of a prison etc.: maximum period
Probation officers for offenders subject to secure training orders
Secure training orders: cost of supervision by probation officer
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