C1Part IV Provision of Services

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. IV (ss. 73-92) applied (30.6.1999) by 1999 c. 9, s. 1(2), Sch. 1 as added by 1991 c. 56, Sch. 4A para. 13(2)(a)

Supplemental

I192 Interpretation of Part IV.

1

In this Part F1unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “contracted out prison” and “the contractor” have the meanings given by F2section 84(4) above;

  • F3“contracted out functions” and “directly managed prison” have the meanings given by section 88A(5) above;

  • “ court-house” means a petty sessional court-house within the meaning of the 1980 Act or an occasional court-house appointed under section 147 of that Act;

  • “court security officer” has the meaning given by section 76(1) above;

  • “prison” includes a young offender institution or remand centre;

  • F3“prison officer” means an officer of a directly managed prison;

  • “prison rules” means rules made under section 47 of the 1952 Act;

  • F4“prisoner” means any person for the time being detained in legal custody as a result of a requirement imposed by a court or otherwise that he be so detained;

  • “prisoner custody officer” has the meaning given by section 89(1) above;

  • “prisoner escort arrangements” has the meaning given by section 80(2) above.

  • F3“sub-contractor” has the meaning given by section 84(4) above.

F51A

Any reference in this Part to custodial duties at a contracted out prison includes a reference to custodial duties in relation to a prisoner who is outside such a prison for temporary purposes.

2

Unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used in sections 76 to 79 above which are also used in the 1979 Act have the same meanings as in that Act.

3

Sections 80, 81(1) and (2)(a), 82 and 89 to 91 above, subsection (1) above and Schedule 10 to this Act shall have effect as if—

a

any reference in section 80(1), 81(1), 82 or 91 above to prisoners included a reference to persons F6remanded or committed to local authority accommodation under section 23 of the 1969 Act by virtue of a security requirement imposed under section 23(4) of the 1969 Act (remands and committals to local authority accommodation); and

b

any reference in F6section 80(1)(c) or (e) or (1A) above to a prison included a reference to such accommodation.

F74

In sections 80, 82 and 83 above, “prison”—

a

so far as relating to the delivery of prisoners to or from a prison situated in Scotland, includes a remand centre or young offenders institution within the meaning of section 19 of the M1Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989; and

b

so far as relating to the delivery of prisoners to or from a prison situated in Northern Ireland, includes a remand centre or young offenders centre.