Prisons Act 2015
Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 1960 | ||
8. The Criminal Justice Act 1960 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 1, by deleting the definition of “Saint Patrick’s Institution”, | ||
(b) in section 2 (amended by section 1 of the Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Act 2003 ), by substituting the following subsection for subsection (11): | ||
“(11) In this section— | ||
(a) references to a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment shall be construed as including references to a person being detained in a place provided under section 2 of the Prisons Act 1970 and ‘sentence of imprisonment’ shall be construed accordingly, and | ||
(b) references to a prison shall be construed as including references to a place provided under the said section 2.”, | ||
(c) in section 3(1), in the definition of “criminal lunatic”, by deleting “or of detention in Saint Patrick’s Institution,”, | ||
(d) in section 10(1), by substituting “in another remand institution or in a prison” for “in another remand institution, in a prison or in Saint Patrick’s Institution”, and | ||
(e) in section 11(2), by substituting “a remand institution” for “an institution (being a remand institution or Saint Patrick’s Institution)”. |