129 Employment in prisons: deductions etc from payments to prisoners

Chapter 6
Prisoners etc

129  Employment in prisons: deductions etc from payments to prisoners

(1)     In section 47 of the Prison Act 1952 (power of Secretary of State to make rules for the regulation and management of prisons etc), in subsection (1) omit “employment,”.

(2)     After that subsection insert—

“(1A)     The Secretary of State may make rules about—

(a)     the employment of persons who are required to be detained in secure training centres or young offender institutions;

(b)     the making of payments to such persons in respect of work or other activities undertaken by them, or in respect of their unemployment.”.

(3)     In that section, after subsection (5) insert—

“(6)     Rules made under this section may—

(a)     make different provision for different cases;

(b)     contain supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.”.

(4)     After that section insert—

“47A Rules about employment in prisons etc

(1)     The Secretary of State may make rules about—

(a)     the employment of prisoners;

(b)     the making of payments to prisoners in respect of work or other activities undertaken by them, or in respect of their unemployment.

(2)     The Secretary of State may make rules about the making, by the governor

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