Prisons Act 2015

Amendment of Prisons Act 1970

11. The Prisons Act 1970 is amended—

(a) in section 1, by deleting the definition of “Saint Patrick’s Institution”,

(b) in section 2, by deleting “or to detention in Saint Patrick’s Institution”,

(c) in section 4, by substituting for “, to Saint Patrick’s Institution or to persons serving sentences in prisons or that Institution shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, apply in relation to a place provided under section 2 of this Act as if it were a prison or that Institution, as the case may be, and persons detained in such a place shall be deemed to be serving sentences of penal servitude or imprisonment or detention in that Institution, as the case may be,” the following:

“or to persons serving sentences in prisons shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, apply in relation to a place provided under section 2 of this Act as if it were a prison, and persons detained in such a place shall be deemed to be serving sentences of imprisonment,”,

and

(d) in section 5—

(i) in subsection (1) —

(I) in paragraph (a)(ii), by deleting “, to Saint Patrick’s Institution”, and

(II) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) the transfer of a person who, before the making of the closing order under section 6 of the Prisons Act 2015, was—

(i) sentenced to detention in Saint Patrick’s Institution, and

(ii) transferred to a place provided under section 2 of this Act,

from such a place to another such place to serve the whole or any part of the unexpired residue of his sentence.”,

and

(ii) by deleting subsection (2).