Prison Act 1952

The Prison Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.^[1]

Prison Act 1952^[a]

Act of 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.
Citation	15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52
Territorial extent	England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent	30 October 1952
Commencement	1 October 1952[c]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	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
Amended by	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
Relates to	Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Prison Act 1952 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from 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.^[2]

Provisions

Short title, commencement and extent

Section 55(1) of the act provided that the act may be cited as the Prison Act, 1952.^[3]

Section 55(2) of the act provided that the act would come into force on 1 October 1952.^[3]

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.^[3]

Section 55(5) provided that the act would not extend to Northern Ireland.^[3]

Repealed enactments

Section 54(2) of the act repealed 15 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.^[3]

Part I - Repealed not extending to Scotland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.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58	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.

Part II - Repeals extending to Scotland

Session and Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58	Criminal Justice Act 1948	Sections sixty and sixty-one.
		Section sixty-five.
		Section eighty-one, so far as it relates to sections sixty, sixty-one and sixty-five and the Seventh Schedule.
		The Seventh Schedule.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94	Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949	The Eleventh Schedule, so far as it amends sections fifty-two, fifty-seven, sixty-one and sixty-five of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948.

Legacy

The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 61) made similar provisions for Scotland.

Notes

1. Section 55(1).
2. Section 55(3)–(5).
3. Section 55(2).