1. This Order may be cited as the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.

2. In this Order-�

"place of curfew" means a place specified in a curfew order as a place at which the offender is required to remain for periods for the time being specified in the curfew order;

"responsible officer" means the person responsible for monitoring the offender's whereabouts during the periods for the time being specified in the curfew order;

and a reference to an area is to be taken as a reference to a police area or, as the case may be, the City of London police area or the metropolitan police district, within the meanings given by section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996(2).

3. Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 1 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Premier Monitoring Services Limited of Berkshire Court, Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RE.

4. Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Securicor Custodial Services Limited of Sutton Park, 15 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4LD.

5. Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 3 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of GSSC of Europe Limited of Carmelite, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DX.

6. The Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 1997(3), the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) (Amendment) Order 1998(4) and the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) (Amendment) Order 1999(5) are hereby revoked.

Article 3

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

Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

City of London police area

Derbyshire

Dyfed Powys

Essex

Gwent

Hertfordshire

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Metropolitan police district

Norfolk

Northamptonshire

North Wales

Nottinghamshire

South Wales

Staffordshire

Suffolk

Warwickshire

West Mercia

West Midlands

Article 4

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

Cheshire

Cleveland

Cumbria

Durham

Greater Manchester

Humberside

Lancashire

Merseyside

Northumbria

North Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF GSSC OF EUROPE LIMITED

Avon and Somerset

Devon and Cornwall

Dorset

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Kent

Surrey

Sussex

Thames Valley

Wiltshire

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the descriptions of persons who are to be made responsible, by a curfew order relating to a place of curfew in any part of England and Wales, for monitoring an offender's whereabouts during the curfew periods.