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507 Probation officers
(1)Subject to the Public Administration Act 2004 there may from time to time be appointed such stipendiary probation officers as the Governor in Council thinks necessary for the purposes of Part 5 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1985.
S. 507(1) amended by Nos 6651 s. 57(c), 9427 s. 3(Sch. 2 item 6), 9966 s. 21(2)(a), 10260 s. 114(Sch. 4 item 5), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch. 3 item 48).
(2)The Governor in Council may from time to time appoint fit persons to be honorary probation officers for the purposes of Part 5 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1985 and may at any time remove any person so appointed.
S. 507(2) amended by No. 10260 s. 114(Sch. 4 item 5).
(3)All persons who immediately before the commencement of the Penal Reform Act 1956 were probation officers by virtue of appointment pursuant to section five hundred and thirty-six of the Crimes Act 1928 are declared to have been as on and from the said commencement honorary probation officers as if appointed under the last preceding subsection.
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(4A)All stipendiary and honorary probation officers appointed under this section shall be under the control of the Secretary to the Department of Justice.
S. 507(4A) inserted by No. 9966 s. 21(2)(c), amended by No. 45/1996 s. 18(Sch. 2 item 6.5).
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(6)The Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety shall when so required by any court cause to be prepared and submitted to that court such reports upon and information with respect to the convicted person as the court requires.
S. 507(6) amended by Nos 9966 s. 21(2)(e)(i)(ii), 45/1996 s. 18(Sch. 2 item 6.6), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 41/2025 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 8).