Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
42. Occurrence of infectious disease
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If the Commissioner is satisfied that a case of a contagious or infectious disease has occurred or is likely to occur in any prison, the Commissioner may order the removal of any of the prisoners from the prison to another place although that place may not be a prison under this Act.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
In a case of emergency and where the Commissioner is absent or unable to make the order for removal under subsection (1), the order may be made by the Superintendent of the prison concerned or any of the Visiting Justices of the prison.
Superintendent
“Superintendent” means a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under section 20;
A place mentioned in subsection (1) is deemed during the continuance of any prisoner within to be a part of the prison from which the prisoner was so removed.
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;
When the disease has ceased, any prisoner so removed from any prison must be taken back to the prison from where he or she was removed, if still liable to be confined in the prison.
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;