Jersey Law
40/1997
PRISON (AMENDMENT
No. 4) (JERSEY) LAW 1997
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A LAW to amend further the Prison
(Jersey) Law 1957, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the
22nd day of JULY 1997
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(Registered on the 29th day of August 1997)
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STATES OF JERSEY
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The 22nd day of April 1997
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THE
STATES, subject to
the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the
following Law –
ARTICLE 1
For the
definition of “prison” or “the prison” in paragraph (1)
of Article 1 of the Prison (Jersey) Law 1957, as amended, (hereinafter referred to as
“the principal Law”) there shall be substituted the following new
definition –
“
‘prison’ or ‘the prison’ means –
(a) the States of Jersey
Prison at La Moye;
(b) any other prison which
may be built;
(c) any building or part of
a building designated to be a prison under paragraph (1A) of Article 21 of this
Law; and
(d) any young offender
institution.”.
ARTICLE 2
For paragraph (b)
of Article 16 of the principal Law there shall be substituted the
following new paragraph –
“(b) if he is satisfied that a person so
detained requires medical investigation or observation or medical or surgical
treatment of any description, direct him to be taken to a hospital or other
suitable place for the purpose of the investigation, observation or
treatment;”.
ARTICLE 3
After paragraph
(1) of Article 21 of the principal Law there shall be inserted the following
new paragraphs –
“(1A) Where it considers it is
necessary for a temporary period to house prisoners in accommodation other than
the prison, the Prison Board may designate any building or part of a building
to be a prison.
(1B) Where it
considers that the circumstances which gave rise to a designation under paragraph
(1A) of this Article no longer apply, the Prison Board shall revoke such
designation.”.
ARTICLE 4
This Law may be
cited as the Prison (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 1997.
C.M. NEWCOMBE
Deputy Greffier
of the States.