The Offender Management Act 2007 (c 21), which relates to "the provision of

probation Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offence (law), offender, ordered by the court often in lieu of incarceration. In some jurisdictions, the term ''probation'' applies only to community sentences (alternatives to incar ...

services,

prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...

s and other matters relating to the management of offenders",The Offender Management Act 2007
Long title is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...

. Its provisions allow for the

outsourcing Outsourcing is a business practice in which companies use external providers to carry out business processes that would otherwise be handled internally. Outsourcing sometimes involves transferring employees and assets from one firm to another ...

of probation services (section 3) and amend the law relating to contracted out prisons and secure training centres (sections 16-20).

Section 41 - Commencement

Orders made under this section:
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No.1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007
(S.I. 2007/3001 (C.117))
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2008
(S.I. 2008/504 (C.18))
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009
(S.I. 2009/32 (C.1))
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2009
(S.I. 2009/547 (C.36))
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2010
(S.I. 2010/191 (C.19))

References

External links

The Offender Management Act 2007
as amended from the

National Archives National archives are the archives of a country. The concept evolved in various nations at the dawn of modernity based on the impact of nationalism upon bureaucratic processes of paperwork retention. Conceptual development From the Middle Ages i ...

.
The Offender Management Act 2007
as originally enacted from the

.
Explanatory notes
to the Offender Management Act 2007. United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2007 Criminal law of the United Kingdom {{UK-statute-stub