Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Application of other Acts

177: Application of Public Works Act 1981

You could also call this:

"How the Public Works Act applies to prisons and community work centres"

When you look at the Public Works Act 1981, you need to consider that building, managing, and maintaining a prison or community work centre is like a Government project. This means it is a public work, even if the Government is not directly building or running it. The Public Works Act 1981 applies to these projects, including buying land or buildings for a prison or community work centre, as you can see in the Public Works Act 1981. You should think of these projects as Government works, which are also public works, according to the Act.

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Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Application of other Acts

177Application of Public Works Act 1981

For the purposes of the Public Works Act 1981, the construction, management, operation, and maintenance of a prison or community work centre, including the acquisition of land and buildings, or an estate or interest in land, for that purpose, is a Government work and a public work within the meaning of that Act, whether or not the prison or community work centre, or proposed prison or community work centre, is, or is to be, constructed, managed, operated, or maintained by the Crown.

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