The Prisons Order made under Section 17 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act (Northern Ireland) 1952
WHEREAS it is provided in effect by section seventeen of the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, that the Governor of Northern Ireland may from time to time by any general or special rule under the Prisons (Ireland) Acts, 1826 to 1907, appropriate, either wholly or partially, particular prisons within his jurisdiction to particular classes of prisoners, and that a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment or committed to prison on remand or pending trial or otherwise may be lawfully confined ...