S.I. No. 75/1988:

PRISONS ACT, 1970 (SECTION 7) ORDER, 1988.

PRISONS ACT, 1970 (SECTION 7) ORDER, 1988.

I, GERARD COLLINS, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 (1) of the Prisons Act, 1970 (No. 11 of 1970), and after consultation with the Visiting Committee to Saint Patrick's Institution, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Prisons Act, 1970 (Section 7) Order, 1988.

2. In this Order "the Order of 1987" means the Prisons Act, 1970 (Section 7) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 111 of 1987 ).

3. The Prisons Act, 1970 (Section 7) Order, 1985 ( S.I. No. 118 of 1985 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph 2 (inserted by the Order of 1987) of Article 3 of the following paragraph:

"(2) The section shall be in operation for the period of four years commencing on the 26th day of April, 1985, and shall cease to be in operation upon the expiration of that period".

4. The Order of 1987 is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of April, 1988.

GERARD COLLINS,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order continues in operation Section 7 of the Prisons Act, 1970 for a further period of twelve months.