Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996

The Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996 (c 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the Act was to allow the government to apply deductions and levies on the earnings of prisoners in respect of work carried by the prisoner during his period of detention. The Act was not implemented until 2011.

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