# Offender Management Act 2007, Section 27: Amendment 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, ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/21/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offender-management-act-2007/section-27
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