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PRISONS ACT 2015
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1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Prisons Act 2015.
(2) Section 3 and Parts 2 and 3 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.
(3) Parts 1 and 2, section 11 and Part 4 and the Prisons Acts 1826 to 2007 may be cited together as the Prisons Acts 1826 to 2015.
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Editorial Notes:
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Power pursuant to section exercised (5.04.2017) by Prisons Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 134 of 2017).
2. The 7th day of April 2017 is appointed as the day on which section 3 and Parts 2 and 3 of the Prisons Act 2015 (No. 57 of 2015) shall come into operation.