Section 55 Short title, commencement and extent.

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Prison Act 1952.

(2)

This Act shall come into operation on the first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty–two.

F1(3)

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(4)

Except as provided in F2. . . F3the M1Criminal Justice Act 1961, this Act shall not extend to Scotland.

(5)

This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

F4(6)

But (despite subsections (4) and (5)) the following shall extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—

(a)

section 5A(5A) and (5B), and

(b)

section 5A(2) to (5) in so far as they apply by virtue of section 5A(5A).

Annotations

F1: S. 55(3) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group 1
F2: Words in s. 55(4) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group 1
F3: Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39), s. 41(3), Sch. 4
F4: S. 55(6) inserted (31.8.2006) by Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), ss. 46(2)(b), 62(1)(2); S.I. 2006/2226, art. 3, Sch. 1