Provision, maintenance and closing of prisons

C236 Acquisition of land for prisons. C1

C31

F1The Secretary of State may purchase by agreement orcompulsorily, any land required for the alteration, enlargement or rebuilding of a prison or for establishing a new prison or for any other purpose connected with the management of a prison (including the provision of accommodation for officers or servants employed in a prison).

F22

The M1F3Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to the compulsory purchase of land by the Secretary of State under this section . . . F4.

3

In relation to the purchase of land by agreement under this section, F5the provisions of Part I of the M2Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable) other than sections 4 to 8, section 10, and section 31, shall apply.