S. 20 repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 60(7), Sch. 7 Pt. I

S. 21 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

S. 22(1) repealed (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(3)(4), 3(2).

Words in s. 22(2)(b) substituted (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(2)(4), 3(2).

1952 c. 52.

1955 c. 18.

1955 c. 19.

1957 c. 53.

Ss. 22(4), 25 repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6

1952 c. 52.

Words in s. 23(2) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 17

S. 23(3) excluded (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 42, Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(c); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2

1871 c. 17.

Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 14 para. 10(a)

Words in s. 23(4) inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 11; S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. Appendix B

1952 c. 52.

Ss. 22(4), 25 repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6

Words in Act substituted (1.10.1988) by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), Sch. 8 para. 1

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/part/II/crossheading/miscellaneous/2001-03-26Criminal Justice Act 1961An Act to amend the law with respect to the powers of courts in respect of young offenders; to make further provision as to the treatment of prisoners and other persons committed to custody, including provision for their supervision after discharge, and the management of prisons, approved schools and other institutions; to re-enact with modifications and additions certain statutory provisions relating to the removal,return and supervision of prisoners within the British Islands; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1978-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-182001-03-26Part II Treatment and Supervision of Prisoners and other Detained Persons Miscellaneous
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22 Penalties for assisting escape from prison, etc.1

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2

If any person knowingly harbours a person who has escaped from a prison or other institution to which the said section thirty-nine applies, or who, having been sentenced in any part of the United Kingdom or in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man to imprisonment or detention, is otherwise unlawfully at large, or gives to any such person any assistance with intent to prevent, hinder or interfere with his being taken into custody, he shall be liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both;

b

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or to a fine, or to both.

3

In the following enactments (which make provision for the application of sections thirty-nine to forty-two of the Prison Act 1952) that is to say, subsection (3) of section one hundred and twenty-two of the Army Act 1955, subsection (3) of section one hundred and twenty-two of the Air Force Act 1955 and subsection (3) of section eighty-two of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, references to the said section thirty-nine shall be construed as including references to subsection (2) of this section.

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. . .

23 Prison Rules.1

For the purposes of rules under section forty-seven of the Prison Act 1952 (which authorises the making of rules for the regulation and management of prisons and the discipline and control of persons required to be detained therein) any offence against the rules committed by a prisoner may be treated as committed in the prison in which he is for the time being confined.

2

Without prejudice to any power to make provision by rules under the said section forty-seven for the confiscation of money or articles conveyed or deposited in contravention of the said Act or of the rules, provision may be made by such rules for the withholding from prisoners (subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed by the rules) of any money or other article sent to them by post, and for the disposal of any such money or article either by returning it to the sender (where the sender’s name and address are known) or in such other manner as may be prescribed by or determined under the rules:

Provided that in relation to a prisoner committed to prison in default of payment of any sum of money, the rules shall provide for the application of any money withheld as aforesaid in or towards the satisfaction of the amount due from him unless, upon being informed of the receipt of the money, he objects to its being so applied.

3

A prisoner who would, apart from this subsection, be discharged on any of the days to which this subsection applies in his case shall be discharged on the next preceding day which is not one of those days.

The days to which this subsection applies are Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any day which under the Bank Holidays Act 1871 is a bank holiday in England and Wales and, in the case of a person who is serving a term of more than five days , any Saturday.

4

In this section the references to prisons and prisoners include references respectively to a young offender institutionsecure training centres and remand centres and to persons detained therein.

24 Management of prisons, etc.1

Subject to the provisions of this section, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for transferring to the Secretary of State any or all of the functions of the Prison Commissioners (in this section referred to as “the Commissioners”).

2

An Order in Council under this section may contain such incidental, consequential and supplemental provisions as may be necessary or expedient in connection with the transfer effected by that or any previous Order thereunder, including provisions—

a

for the transfer of any property, rights or liabilities to which the Commissioners are entitled or subject, and for the vesting in the person from time to time holding office as Secretary of State of land or other property transferred by any such Order, or acquired under powers so transferred;

b

for the carrying on and completion by or under the authority of the Secretary of State of anything begun by or under the authority of the Commissioners before the date of transfer;

c

for the substitution of the Secretary of State for the Commissioners in any instrument, contract or legal proceeding made or begun before that date;

d

for the transfer to the Home Department of Commissioners and inspectors, officers or servants of the Commissioners and (in the case of the transfer of the powers and jurisdiction of the Commissioners in respect of all institutions within their superintendence) for the dissolution of the Commissioners.

3

An Order in Council under this section may make such adaptations or repeals in the enactments relating to the Commissioners, or to institutions within their superintendence, as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the Order or any previous Order thereunder, and shall in particular make provision for securing that any report which, apart from any such Order, would be required by subsection (1) of section five of the Prison Act 1952 to be made to the Secretary of State by the Commissioners shall be issued by the Secretary of State and laid before Parliament under that section accordingly.

4

A certificate of the Secretary of State that any property vested in the Commissioners has been transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of an Order in Council under this section shall be conclusive evidence of the transfer.

5

No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this section unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

6

In this section “functions” includes powers and duties, and “the date of transfer” means the date on which an Order in Council under this section transferring functions of the Commissioners comes into force.

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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/80/section/60/7">s. 60(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/80/schedule/7/part/I">Sch. 7 Pt. I</ref>
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/22/schedule/part/XI">Sch. Pt. XI</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/22/1">S. 22(1)</ref>
repealed (16.5.1992) by
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/25/section/2/3/4">ss. 2(3)(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/25/section/3/2">3(2)</ref>
.
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Words in
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substituted (16.5.1992) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/25">Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/25/section/2/2/4">ss. 2(2)(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/25/section/3/2">3(2)</ref>
.
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1952/52">1952 c. 52</ref>
.
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.
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1955/19">1955 c. 19</ref>
.
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c6606651">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1957/53">1957 c. 53</ref>
.
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c6606661">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/22/4">Ss. 22(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/25">25</ref>
repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/54">Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/54/schedule/6">Sch. 6</ref>
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c6606831">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1952/52">1952 c. 52</ref>
.
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c6606841">
<p>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1149">S.I. 2001/1149</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1149/article/3/1">art. 3(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1149/schedule/1/paragraph/17">Sch. 1 para. 17</ref>
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/17/section/42">s. 42</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/17/schedule/7/paragraph/2/1/c">Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(c)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2161">S.I. 2001/2161</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2161/article/2">art. 2</ref>
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c6606861">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1871/17">1871 c. 17</ref>
.
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c6606871">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48">Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/14/paragraph/10">Sch. 14 para. 10</ref>
(
<em>a</em>
)
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c6606891">
<p>
Words in s. 23(4) inserted (3.2.1995) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33">1994 c. 33</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33/section/168/2">s. 168(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/10/paragraph/11">Sch. 10 para. 11</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/127">S.I. 1995/127</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/127/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/127/schedule">Sch.</ref>
Appendix B
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c6606901">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1952/52">1952 c. 52</ref>
.
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c6606911">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/22/4">Ss. 22(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/25">25</ref>
repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/54">Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/54/schedule/6">Sch. 6</ref>
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<p>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33">Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/8/paragraph/1">Sch. 8 para. 1</ref>
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<num>Part II</num>
<heading> Treatment and Supervision of Prisoners and other Detained Persons</heading>
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<heading> Miscellaneous</heading>
<section eId="section-20">
<num>20</num>
<heading>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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<num>21</num>
<heading>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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<p/>
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<num>22</num>
<heading> Penalties for assisting escape from prison, etc.</heading>
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1
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<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
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<num>2</num>
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<p>If any person knowingly harbours a person who has escaped from a prison or other institution to which the said section thirty-nine applies, or who, having been sentenced in any part of the United Kingdom or in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man to imprisonment or detention, is otherwise unlawfully at large, or gives to any such person any assistance with intent to prevent, hinder or interfere with his being taken into custody, he shall be liable—</p>
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<num>a</num>
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<p>on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both;</p>
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<num>b</num>
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on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
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ten years
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, or to a fine, or to both.
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<num>3</num>
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<p>
In the following enactments (which make provision for the application of sections thirty-nine to forty-two of the
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Prison Act 1952) that is to say, subsection (3) of section one hundred and twenty-two of the
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Army Act 1955, subsection (3) of section one hundred and twenty-two of the
<noteRef href="#c6606641" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
Air Force Act 1955 and subsection (3) of section eighty-two of the
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Naval Discipline Act 1957, references to the said section thirty-nine shall be construed as including references to subsection (2) of this section.
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<num>4</num>
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<p>
. . .
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<section eId="section-23" period="#period4">
<num>23</num>
<heading> Prison Rules.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-23-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
For the purposes of rules under section forty-seven of the
<noteRef href="#c6606831" marker="M5" class="commentary M"/>
Prison Act 1952 (which authorises the making of rules for the regulation and management of prisons and the discipline and control of persons required to be detained therein) any offence against the rules committed by a prisoner may be treated as committed in the prison in which he is for the time being confined.
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<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
Without prejudice to any power to make provision by rules under the said section forty-seven for the confiscation of money or articles conveyed or deposited in contravention of the said Act or of the rules, provision may be made by such rules for the withholding from prisoners (subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed by the rules) of any money or other article sent to them
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by post
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, and for the disposal of any such money or article either by returning it to the sender (where the sender’s name and address are known) or in such other manner as may be prescribed by or determined under the rules:
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<p>Provided that in relation to a prisoner committed to prison in default of payment of any sum of money, the rules shall provide for the application of any money withheld as aforesaid in or towards the satisfaction of the amount due from him unless, upon being informed of the receipt of the money, he objects to its being so applied.</p>
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3
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<content>
<p>A prisoner who would, apart from this subsection, be discharged on any of the days to which this subsection applies in his case shall be discharged on the next preceding day which is not one of those days.</p>
<p>
The days to which this subsection applies are Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any day which under the
<noteRef href="#c6606861" marker="M6" class="commentary M"/>
Bank Holidays Act 1871 is a bank holiday in England and Wales and, in the case of a person who is serving a term of more than
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five days
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, any Saturday.
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<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section the references to prisons and prisoners include references respectively to
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a young offender institution
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secure training centres
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and remand centres and to persons detained therein.
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<num>24</num>
<heading> Management of prisons, etc.</heading>
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<num>1</num>
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<p>
Subject to the provisions of this section, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for transferring to the Secretary of State any or all of the functions of the Prison Commissioners (in this section referred to as “
<term refersTo="#term-the-commissioners">the Commissioners</term>
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<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>An Order in Council under this section may contain such incidental, consequential and supplemental provisions as may be necessary or expedient in connection with the transfer effected by that or any previous Order thereunder, including provisions—</p>
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<num>a</num>
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<p>for the transfer of any property, rights or liabilities to which the Commissioners are entitled or subject, and for the vesting in the person from time to time holding office as Secretary of State of land or other property transferred by any such Order, or acquired under powers so transferred;</p>
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<p>for the carrying on and completion by or under the authority of the Secretary of State of anything begun by or under the authority of the Commissioners before the date of transfer;</p>
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<content>
<p>for the substitution of the Secretary of State for the Commissioners in any instrument, contract or legal proceeding made or begun before that date;</p>
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<content>
<p>for the transfer to the Home Department of Commissioners and inspectors, officers or servants of the Commissioners and (in the case of the transfer of the powers and jurisdiction of the Commissioners in respect of all institutions within their superintendence) for the dissolution of the Commissioners.</p>
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<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
An Order in Council under this section may make such adaptations or repeals in the enactments relating to the Commissioners, or to institutions within their superintendence, as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the Order or any previous Order thereunder, and shall in particular make provision for securing that any report which, apart from any such Order, would be required by subsection (1) of section five of the
<noteRef href="#c6606901" marker="M7" class="commentary M"/>
Prison Act 1952 to be made to the Secretary of State by the Commissioners shall be issued by the Secretary of State and laid before Parliament under that section accordingly.
</p>
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<subsection eId="section-24-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A certificate of the Secretary of State that any property vested in the Commissioners has been transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of an Order in Council under this section shall be conclusive evidence of the transfer.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-24-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this section unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.</p>
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<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-functions">functions</term>
” includes powers and duties, and “
<term refersTo="#term-the-date-of-transfer">the date of transfer</term>
” means the date on which an Order in Council under this section transferring functions of the Commissioners comes into force.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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