Prison Act 1952

Supplemental E+W

51 Payment of expenses out of moneys provided by Parliament. E+W

All expenses incurred in the maintenance of prisons and in the maintenance of prisoners and all other expenses of the Secretary of State . . . F1 incurred under this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by S.I. 1963/597, Sch. 1

52 Exercise of power to make orders, rules and regulations. E+W

(1) Any power of the Secretary of State to make rules or regulations under this Act and the power of the Secretary of State to make an order under section thirty–four or section thirty–seven of this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) Any statutory instrument containing regulations made under section sixteen or an order made under section thirty–seven of this Act, . . . F2 shall be laid before Parliament.

(3) The power of the Secretary of State to make an order under section six or section thirty–four of this Act shall include power to revoke or vary such an order.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), Sch. 7 Pt. I

53 Interpretation. E+W

(1) In this Act the following expressions have the following meanings:—

• “Attendance centre” means a centre provided by the Secretary of State under [F3 section 16 of the M1 Criminal Justice Act 1982];

• “Prison” does not include a naval, military or air force prison;

• . . . F4

(2) For the purposes of this Act the maintenance of a prisoner shall include all necessary expenses incurred in respect of the prisoner for food, clothing, custody and removal from one place to another, from the period of his committal to prison until his death or discharge from prison.

(3) References in this Act to the Church of England shall be construed as including references to the Church in Wales.

(4) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any other enactment.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 14 para. 9

F4 Definition of “Remand home” repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6

Marginal Citations

M1 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1)

54 Consequential amendments, repeals and savings. E+W

F5 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

(3) Nothing in this repeal shall affect any rule, order, regulation or declaration made, direction or certificate given or thing done under any enactment repealed by this Act and every such rule, order, regulation, direction, certificate or thing shall, if in force at the commencement of this Act, continue in force and be deemed to have been made, given or done under the corresponding provision of this Act.

(4) Any document referring to any Act or enactment repealed by this Act shall be construed as referring to this Act or to the corresponding enactment in this Act.

(5) The mention of particular matters in this section shall not be taken to affect the general application to this Act of section thirty–eight of the M2 Interpretation Act 1889 (which relates to the effect of repeals).

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 54(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group1

F6 S. 54(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

Marginal Citations

M2 1889 c. 63.

55 Short title, commencement and extent. E+W+S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Prison Act 1952.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty–two.

F7 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) Except as provided in F8 . . . [F9 the M3 Criminal Justice Act 1961], this Act shall not extend to Scotland.

(5) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 55(3) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group 1

F8 Words in s. 55(4) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group 1

F9 Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39), s. 41(3), Sch. 4

Marginal Citations

M3 1961 c. 39.