{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52",
  "legislation_title": "Prison Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Acquisition of land for prisons.",
  "text": "(1) The 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).\n(2) The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to the compulsory purchase of land by the Secretary of State under this section . . . .\n(3) In relation to the purchase of land by agreement under this section, the provisions of Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable) other than sections 4 to 8, section 10, and section 31, shall apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1963/597, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 36(2) substituted by S.I. 1963/597, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), Sch. 4 para. 1 Table"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981 c. 67"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1965 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 36 amended by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), s. 60"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 36(1): certain functions made exercisable by the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales concurrently with the Secretary of State (20.4.2000) by S.I. 2000/1160, art. 4(1)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 36 amended (retrospectively) by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 167, Sch. 8 para. 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:21.749923+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}