Prison Act 1952
The Prison Act 1952 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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. The act itself is a consolidating act that repeals older legislation dating back to 1862, and forms the basis for prison law in the UK.
Provisions
Extent
The act does not apply to Northern Ireland at all, and does not apply to Scotland with the exception of some sections.Repealed enactments
Section 54 of the act repealed 15 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.| Session and Chapter | Short Title | Extent of Repeal |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 and ; in paragraph the words from "in England "to "1865"; and in paragraph 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 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. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | In section twenty-one, subsection. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | Section twenty-two, except subsection. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | Section forty-eight, except subsections and. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | Sections fifty and fifty-one. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | In section fifty-two, in subsection the words from "prisons" to "detention centres", and the words from " and Borstal institutions" to the end of the subsection; and subsections to. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | Sections fifty-three to fifty-nine. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | The Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth Schedules. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | The Ninth Schedule so far as it amends the Prison Act, 1877. |