Prison Act 1952

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}

{{Infobox UK legislation

| short_title = Prison Act 1952{{efn|Section 55(1).}}

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom

| long_title = An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to prisons and other institutions for offenders and related matters with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.

| year = 1952

| citation = 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52

| introduced_commons =

| introduced_lords =

| territorial_extent = England and Wales{{efn|Section 55(3)–(5).}}

| royal_assent = 30 October 1952

| commencement = 1 October 1952{{efn|Section 55(2).}}

| expiry_date =

| repeal_date =

| amends =

| replaces = {{ubli|Discharged Prisoners' Aid Act 1862|Prison Ministers Act 1863|Prison Act 1865|Prison Act 1877|Prison Act 1884|Prison Act 1898|Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-health) Act 1913}}

| amendments = {{ubli|Criminal Justice Act 1967|Courts Act 1971|Sex Discrimination Act 1975|Criminal Justice Act 1982|Criminal Justice Act 1991|Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006|Police and Justice Act 2006|Offender Management Act 2007|Immigration Act 2014|Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015}}

| repealing_legislation =

| related_legislation = Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952

| status = Amended

| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/contents/enacted

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| use_new_UK-LEG = yes

}}

The Prison Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |date=3 May 2023 |title=Prison Act 1952 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/section/8 |website=Legislation.gov.uk}}

The act allows for the Secretary of State to make rules for the regulation and management of prisons, and for the classification, treatment, employment, discipline and control of persons required to be detained therein.{{Cite book |last=Loucks |first=Nancy |url=http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/old_files/Documents/prisonrulesworkingguide.pdf |title=Prison Rules: A Working Guide |publisher=Prison Reform Trust |year=2000 |isbn=0-946209-46-4 |location=London EC1V 0JR |pages=1, 6, 16 |language=en}}

Provisions

= Short title, commencement and extent =

Section 55(1) of the act provided that the act may be cited as the Prison Act, 1952.{{Cite legislation UK|type=act|year=Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16|chapter=52|act=Prison Act 1952}}

Section 55(2) of the act provided that the act would come into force on 1 October 1952.

Section 55(3) and 55(4) of the act provided that the act would not extend to Scotland except for sections 22, 48(1), 48(3), 48(5), 48(6) and 49 of, the second schedule to, and part 1 of the fourth schedule to, the act.

Section 55(5) provided that the act would not extend to Northern Ireland.

= Repealed enactments =

Section 54(2) of the act repealed 15 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.

class="wikitable"

|+Part I - Repealed not extending to Scotland

!Session and Chapter

!Short Title

!Extent of Repeal

25 & 26 Vict. c. 44

|Discharged Prisoners' Aid Act 1862

|The whole act.

26 & 27 Vict. c. 79.

|Prison Ministers Act 1863

|The whole act.

28 & 29 Vict. c. 126

|Prison Act 1865

|The whole act.

34 & 35 Vict. c. 112

|Prevention of Crimes Act 1871

|In section six, paragraphs (b) and (7); in paragraph (10) the words from "in England "to "1865"; and in paragraph (12) the words from "The expenses incurred " to " accordingly ".

39 & 40 Vict. c. 23

|Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1876

|In section two the words " and photographing ".

40 & 41 Vict. c. 21

|Prison Act 1877

|The whole act.

44 & 45 Vict. c. 64

|Central Criminal Court (Prisons) Act 1881

|In section two, subsection (4) from the words " in manner provided " onwards

47 & 48 Vict. c. 51

|Prison Act 1884

|The whole act.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 69.

|Penal Servitude Act 1891

|Section eight.

61 & 62 Vict. c. 41.

|Prison Act 1898

|The whole act.

3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 4.

|Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act 1913

|The whole act.

4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58

|Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914

|Section seventeen.

rowspan="9" |11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58

| rowspan="9" |Criminal Justice Act 1948

|In section twenty, subsection (2).

In section twenty-one, subsection (3).

Section twenty-two, except subsection (1).

Section forty-eight, except subsections (2) and (4).

Sections fifty and fifty-one.

In section fifty-two, in subsection (1) the words from "prisons" to "detention centres", and the words from " and Borstal institutions" to the end of the subsection; and subsections (3) to (5).

Sections fifty-three to fifty-nine.

The Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth Schedules.

The Ninth Schedule so far as it amends the Prison Act, 1877.

class="wikitable"

|+Part II - Repeals extending to Scotland

!Session and Chapter

!Short Title

!Extent of Repeal

rowspan="4" |11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58

| rowspan="4" |Criminal Justice Act 1948

|Sections sixty and sixty-one.

Section sixty-five.