# Prison Act 1952, Section 47: Rules for the management of prisons and places for the detention of young offenders

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may make rules for the regulation and management of prisons, remand centres , young offender institutions , secure training centres or secure colleges, and for the classification, treatment, employment, discipline and control of persons required to be detained therein.
(2) Rules made under this section shall make provision for ensuring that a person who is charged with any offence under the rules shall be given a proper opportunity of presenting his case.
(3) Rules made under this section may provide for the training of particular classes of persons and their allocation for that purpose to any prison or other institution in which they may lawfully be detained.
(3A) Rules made under this section may specify any substance or product ... in relation to which a person may be required to provide a sample for the purposes of section 16A of this Act ; but a substance or product may not be specified if it is—
(a) a controlled drug,
(b) a pharmacy medicine,
(c) a prescription only medicine, or
(d) a psychoactive substance
within the meaning of section 16A.
(4) Rules made under this section shall provide for the special treatment of the following persons whilst required to be detained in a prison, that is to say—
a)—(c) . . .
(d) any . . . person detained in a prison, not being a person serving a sentence or a person imprisoned in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by him on his conviction or a person committed to custody on his conviction.
(4A) Rules made under this section shall provide for —
(a) the inspection of secure training centres and secure colleges, and
(b) the appointment of independent persons to visit them and to whom representations may be made by offenders detained there .
(5) Rules made under this section may provide for the temporary release of persons detained in a prison, remand centre , young offender institution , secure training centre or secure college not being persons committed in custody for trial before the Crown Courtor committed to be sentenced or otherwise dealt with by the Crown Courtor remanded in custody by any court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-47
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