Part IV Administrative Provisions
59 Abolition of duty to re-convey certain prisons to local authorities.
Section 38 of the M1Prison Act 1952 (which gives local authorities the right to buy back at a fixed price prisons taken over under the M2Prison Act 1877 if they are subsequently closed) shall not apply where any prison is closed after the coming into force of this section unless the Secretary of State has before 10th November 1971 informed the appropriate authority of his intention to close it after that date.