The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2002

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The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2002

Scottish Statutory Instruments

PRISONS

YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTIONS

Made

6 th March 2002

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

8 th March 2002

Coming into force

1 st April 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Rules:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2002 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2002.

(2) In these Rules–

(a) a reference to “the principal Rules” is a reference to the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994(2);

(b)“security category” has the meaning ascribed to it in rule 3 of the principal Rules immediately before these Rules come into force.

Amendment of Rule 3 of the principal Rules

2.—(1) Rule 3 of the principal Rules (interpretation)(3) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this rule.

(2) In paragraph (1)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “Governor”–

(i) after “Parts” there is inserted “2 A,”; and

(ii) before “51(3)(b)” there is inserted “14 B(2)(g) , 14 B(3) , 14 D(1)(b)(iii) , 14 F(5) ,”;

(b) the definition of “security category” is omitted; and

(c) after the definition of “stateless person” there is inserted the following definition:–

““supervision level” means a supervision level which may be assigned in accordance with...

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