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The Prisons (Property) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/771 · Made 5 March 2015

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Prisons, England And Wales

Made 5th March 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(2) of the Prisons (Property) Act 2013f1:

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Footnotes

f1

2013 c. 11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Prisons (Property) Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2015.

2Commencement

Section 1 (power to destroy or otherwise dispose of property) of the Prisons (Property) Act 2013 comes into force on 26th March 2015.

Signature

Andrew Selous

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

5th March 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 1 of the Prisons (Property) Act 2013 (c. 11) (“the Act”) into force on 26th March 2015. Section 1 of the Act inserts into the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52) a new section 42A which introduces a power for prison governors and directors to destroy or otherwise dispose of unauthorised property confiscated or found in specific circumstances.