10Establishment of prisons

10 Establishment of prisons (1) The Governor in Council may by Order appoint any premises or place to be a prison. (2) The name of a prison is the name given to it in the Order establishing it. (3) The maximum number of persons to be detained in a prison is the number (if any) stated in the Order establishing it. S. 10(3A) inserted by No. 45/1996 s. 14(1). (3A) The Governor in Council may by Order revoke the appointment of any place or premises as a prison, including a place or premises listed in column 2 of Schedule 2. S. 10(4) amended by No. 45/1996 s. 14(2). (4) An Order under subsection (1) or (3A) comes into operation on its making or on a later date stated in the Order. S. 10(5) amended by No. 45/1996 s. 14(3). (5) The Minister must within seven days after the making of an Order under subsection (1) or (3A) publish a copy of the Order in the Government Gazette. S. 10(6) amended by No. 16/1987 s. 4(3)(Sch. 1 item 7(a)). (6) Each of the premises and places which were prisons under Part V of the **Community Services Act 1970** as in force immediately before the commencement of this section and were known by the names listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 is deemed to be appointed as a prison under this section by the name given to it in column 2 of that Schedule. (7) Upon the name of a prison being changed a reference in an Act other than this Act, a subordinate instrument or a document to the prison by its old name is deemed to be a reference to the prison by its new name.