Prisons Act, 1933

User and disposal of prisons retained by the Minister.

4.—(1) The Minister may do all or any of the following things in relation to a prison or part of a prison retained by him under this Act, that is to say:—

(a) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, use the whole or any portion of such prison or part of a prison for any purpose which the Minister thinks proper;

(b) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, let the whole or any portion of such prison or part of a prison to or permit the same to be used by any person during such time (not exceeding ninety-nine years), for such purposes, and subject to the payment of such (if any) rent or other moneys and the performance of such conditions as the Minister shall in each case, with the consent aforesaid, direct;

(c) by order direct that all the estate and interest of the Minister in the whole or any particular portion of such prison or part of a prison be transferred to the local authority as on and from the date of such order or any later date specified in that behalf therein.

(2) Whenever the Minister makes an order under this section directing that the whole or a portion of a prison or part of a prison be transferred to the local authority, such prison or part of a prison shall, to the extent and at the time specified in such order, be transferred to and become vested in the local authority without any further conveyance.

(3) All moneys received by the Minister as rent or otherwise in respect of a letting of or a permission to use a prison or part of a prison made or granted under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.

(4) The State Lands Act, 1924 (No. 45 of 1924), shall not apply to a prison or part of a prison retained by the Minister under this Act.