Part VIII Prison Services and the Prison Service
E1Chapter I England and Wales
Miscellaneous
100 Provision of prisons by contractors.
1
For subsection (2) of section 33 of the M1Prison Act 1952 (power to declare buildings etc. to be prisons) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
2
The Secretary of State may provide new prisons by declaring to be a prison—
a
any building or part of a building built for the purpose or vested in him or under his control; or
b
any floating structure or part of such a structure constructed for the purpose or vested in him or under his control.
2
Subsections (3) and (4) below apply where the Secretary of State enters into a contract with another person (“the contractor”) for the provision by him of a prison.
3
Section 33(2) of the M2Prison Act 1952 shall have effect as if it also included references to—
a
any building or part of a building built by the contractor for the purpose or vested in him or under his control; and
b
any floating structure or part of such a structure constructed by the contractor for the purpose or vested in him or under his control.
Ss. 93 to 101 extend to England and Wales only; ss. 93, 95 and 101(8) extend also to the British Islands so far as relating to the delivery of prisoners to or from premises situated in a part of the British Islands outside England and Wales see s. 172(7)(11)