Prisons Act 2007
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Minor and consequential amendments. |
41.— (1) Section 13(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1960 is amended by— | |
(a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) the Prisons Acts 1826 to 2007 (other than section 12 of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877 , the Prisons (Ireland) Act 1907 and section 8 of the Penal Servitude Act 1891 ) and rules thereunder, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act,”, | ||
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(b) the insertion of the following paragraph: | ||
“(aa) rules made under section 35 of the Prisons Act 2007, and”. | ||
(2) Section 22(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 is amended by the insertion of “, by the governor of the prison to which the person has been committed or a prison officer designated by the governor” after “justice of the Court”. | ||
(3) Section 3 (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1990 is amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “prison officer”: | ||
“ ‘prison officer’ includes any member of the staff of a prison and any person having the custody of, or having duties relating to the custody of, a person in relation to whom an order of a court committing that person to a prison is for the time being in force;”. | ||
(4) Section 19(6) of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 is amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “prison officer”: | ||
“ ‘prison officer’ includes any member of the staff of a prison and any person having the custody of, or having duties relating to the custody of, a person in relation to whom an order of a court committing that person to a prison is for the time being in force;”. |