The Prison Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act allows for the Secretary of State to make rules for the regulation and management of prisons, and for the classification, treatment, employment, discipline and control of persons required to be detained therein. The act itself is a consolidating act that repeals older legislation dating back to 1862, and forms the basis for prison law in the UK.
The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 61) made equivalent provisions for Scotland.
Provisions Extent The act does not apply to Northern Ireland at all, and does not apply to Scotland with the exception of some sections.
Repealed enactments Section 54(2) of the act repealed 15 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act. +Part I - Repealed not extending to ScotlandSession and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal25 & 26 Vict. c. 44Discharged Prisoners' Aid Act 1862The whole act.26 & 27 Vict. c. 79.Prison Ministers Act 1863The whole act.28 & 29 Vict. c. 126Prison Act 1865The whole act.34 & 35 Vict. c. 112Prevention of Crimes Act 1871In section six, paragraphs (b) and (7); in paragraph (10) the words from "in England "to "1865"; and in paragraph (12) the words from "The expenses incurred " to " accordingly ".39 & 40 Vict. c. 23Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1876In section two the words " and photographing ".40 & 41 Vict. c. 21Prison Act 1877The whole act.44 & 45 Vict. c. 64Central Criminal Court (Prisons) Act 1881In section two, subsection (4) from the words " in manner provided " onwards47 & 48 Vict. c. 51Prison Act 1884The whole act.54 & 55 Vict. c. 69.Penal Servitude Act 1891Section eight.61 & 62 Vict. c. 41.Prison Act 1898The whole act.3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 4.Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act 1913The whole act.4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914Section seventeen.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58Criminal Justice Act 1948In section twenty, subsection (2).In section twenty-one, subsection (3).Section twenty-two, except subsection (1).Section forty-eight, except subsections (2) and (4).Sections fifty and fifty-one.In section fifty-two, in subsection (1) the words from "prisons" to "detention centres", and the words from " and Borstal institutions" to the end of the subsection; and subsections (3) to (5).Sections fifty-three to fifty-nine.The Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth Schedules.The Ninth Schedule so far as it amends the Prison Act, 1877. +Part II - Repeals extending to ScotlandSession and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58Criminal Justice Act 1948Sections sixty and sixty-one.Section sixty-five.Section eighty-one, so far as it relates to sections sixty, sixty-one and sixty-five and the Seventh Schedule.The Seventh Schedule.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949The Eleventh Schedule, so far as it amends sections fifty-two, fifty-seven, sixty-one and sixty-five of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948.
Subsequent developments Section 54(2) of, and schedule 4 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
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