Part 2Prisons

Other amendments of the Prison Act 1952

27Amendment of section 8A of the Prison Act 1952

(1)

Section 8A of the Prison Act 1952 (powers of search by authorised employees at a directly managed prison) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the side note, for “employees” there is substituted “ persons ”.

(3)

In subsections (1) and (2), for “employee” there is substituted “ person ”.

(4)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

for “authorised employee” there is substituted “ authorised person ”; and

(b)

for “an employee” there is substituted “ a person working at the prison, ”.