Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21)

Part 2 E+W Prisons

Contracted out prisons and secure training centres E+W

20 Amendment of section 87 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 E+W

(1) Section 87 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (modification of Prison Act 1952 in its application to a contracted out prison) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (3) there is substituted—

“(3) Section 8 (powers of prison officers) shall not apply (but this does not affect the powers of a prison officer who is temporarily attached to the prison).”

(3) In subsection (4), after “sections” there is inserted “ 8A(3), (4) and (5) ”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 20 in force at 1.11.2007 by S.I. 2007/3001, art. 2(1)(e)