SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Minor and consequential amendments

Prison Act 1952 (c.52)

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In subsection (1) of section 49 of that Act (persons unlawfully at large), for the words from “imprisonment” to “secure training centre” there shall be substituted the words “ imprisonment or custody for life or ordered to be detained in secure accommodation or in a young offenders institution ”.

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In subsection (2) of that section—

a

for the words from “imprisonment” to “secure training centre” there shall be substituted the words “ imprisonment, or ordered to be detained in secure accommodation or in a young offenders institution ”; and

b

for the words from “in a prison” to “secure training centre” there shall be substituted the words “ in a prison or remand centre, in secure accommodation or in a young offenders institution ”.

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After subsection (4) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

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In this section “secure accommodation” means—

a

a young offender institution;

b

a secure training centre; or

c

any other accommodation that is secure accommodation within the meaning given by section 75(7) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (detention and training orders).