Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58)

Part II E+W Administrative Provisions and Provisions as to Treatment of Prisoners, etc.

Institutions for offenders E+W

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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(5)–(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 48(1)(3) repealed by Prison Act 1952 (c. 52), Sch. 4 Pt. I

F2 Ss, 19, 20, 48(2), 52, 76(2) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 16

F3 S. 48(4) repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6

F4 Ss. 48(5)–(7) 50, 51 repealed by Prison Act 1952 (c. 52), Sch. 4 Pt. I

49 Remand homes. E+W

(1) As from such date as may be specified in an order made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State, no premises shall be used as a remand home unless a certificate of approval has been issued by the Secretary of State.

(2) The Secretary of State may by rules made under this Act apply to remand homes, with such adaptations and modifications as he thinks fit, the provisions of section seventy–nine and subsection (3) of section one hundred and six of the M1 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (which relate to the approval of schools for the purposes of that Act and the evidence of such approval).

(3) No person shall be appointed after the commencement of this Act to be in charge of a remand home established by a county council or a county borough council unless his appointment has been approved by the Secretary of State.

(4) Councils of counties and county boroughs may provide in remand homes provided for their areas facilities for the observation of any person detained therein on whose physical or mental condition a medical report may be desirable for the assistance of the court in determining the most suitable method of dealing with his case, or may, if facilities for observation are available at any other institution or place, arrange for the use of those facilities for the observation of any such person as aforesaid.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(6) Any expenses incurred by the council of a county or county borough in giving effect to arrangements made under subsection (4) of this section, and any sums paid by such a council under subsection (4) of the last foregoing section, shall be treated for the purposes of any grant under section one hundred and four of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, as expenses of the council in respect of remand homes.

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 49(5) repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), ss. 72(4), 73(1), Sch. 6, which repeal came into force 1.1.1971 by virtue of S.I. 1970/1498, art. 3, Sch. 1 appendix B

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 49(1)–(4), (6) repealed (prosp.) by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), ss. 72(4), 73(1), Sch. 6

Marginal Citations

M1 1933 c. 12.

50, 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6 E+W

Textual Amendments

F6 Ss. 48(5)–(7) 50, 51 repealed by Prison Act 1952 (c. 52), Sch. 4 Pt. I