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Section 7 Prison accommodation in Belfast.

Subs. (1)‐(3) spent; subs. (4)(5) rep. by SLR 1976; subs. (6)(7) spent

(8)

As from the appointed day the Ministry shall be responsible pursuant to section three of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland), 1953 1953 c.18, for providing and maintaining within the county borough of Belfast such accommodation as appears to the Ministry to be necessary for the temporary detention of persons awaiting trial or sentence.

Subs. (9) spent

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

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Functions of M/HA transf. to S of S, SI 1973/2163

Notes on Part I

Textual amendments

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As to holding of petty sessions in courthouses, see 1981 NI 26