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(4) A declaration under this section may at any time be revoked by the Secretary of State.

(5) A declaration under this section shall not be sufficient to vest the legal estate of any building in the Prison Commissioners.

34.—(1) The transfer under the Prison Act, 1877 of prisons and of the powers and jurisdiction of prison authorities and of justices in sessions assembled and visiting justices shall not be deemed to have affected the jurisdiction of any sheriff or coroner or, except to the extent of that transfer, of any justice of the peace or other officer.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order direct that, for the purpose of any enactment, rule of law or custom dependent on a prison being the prison of any county or place, any prison situated in that county or in the county in which that place is situated, or any prison provided by him in pursuance of this Act, shall be deemed to be the prison of that county or place.

35.—(1) The legal estate in every prison and in all real and personal property belonging to a prison shall be vested in the Prison Commissioners.

(2) The Prison Commissioners shall not dispose of the legal estate in any property vested in them by virtue of this section except in accordance with directions given to them by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.

36.—(1) The Prison Commissioners may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, purchase by agreement, or may be authorised by the Secretary of State to purchase compulsorily, any land required for the alteration, enlargement or rebuilding of a prison or for establishing a new prison or for any other purpose connected with the management of a prison (including the provision of accommodation for officers or servants employed in a prison).

(2) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946, shall apply to the compulsory purchase of land by the Prison Commissioners under this section and for that purpose shall have effect as if the Prison Commissioners were a local authority, as if this Act had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act, and as if references in that Act to a Minister included references to the Secretary of State.

(3) In relation to the purchase of land by agreement under this section, the Lands Clauses Acts (except the provisions 14