84Removal of requirement that prison closures be made by orderE+W+S
(1)The Prison Act 1952 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 37 (closing of prisons)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)omit “Subject to the next following subsection,”;
(ii)omit “by order”;
(b)omit subsections (2) and (3).
(3)In section 43 (remand centres and young offender institutions), as it has effect on and after the day on which section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 comes into force, in the Table in subsection (4)—
(a)in the entry for “Young offender institutions”, in the second column, for “Sections 28 and 37(2)” substitute “ Section 28 ”;
(b)in the entry for “Secure training centres or secure colleges”, in the second column, for “, 28 and 37(2)” substitute “ and 28 ”.
(4)Until section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 comes into force, in section 43 (remand centres and young offender institutions)—
(a)in subsection (5), for “sections 28 and 37(2)” substitute “ section 28 ”;
(b)in subsection (5A), for “28 and 37(2) and (3)” substitute “ and 28 ”.
(5)In section 52 (exercise of power to make orders, rules and regulations)—
(a)in subsection (1), omit “, 37”;
(b)in subsection (2), omit “or an order made under section thirty-seven of this Act,”.