For rule 123 of the principal Rules (unescorted exceptional day release of prisoners in security category D) there is substituted the following rule:—

“Unescorted day release of prisoners in security category D123.

(1)

In this rule, “unescorted day release” means the temporary release for a period not exceeding one day of an eligible prisoner who is, for the time being, assigned security category D for the purpose of enabling him—

(a)

to visit any relative who it appears to the Governor is dangerously ill;

(b)

to attend the funeral of a near relative;

(c)

to visit a parent who is either too old or too ill to travel to the prison; or

(d)

to attend at any place for any other reason where the Governor is of the opinion that the circumstances warrant it.

(2)

For the purposes of this rule, a prisoner is an eligible prisoner only if at the time of his application he is—

(a)

not an untried or a civil prisoner; and

(b)

not disqualified from consideration for any reason specified in rule 124.

(3)

The Governor may grant unescorted day release on the written application of an eligible prisoner.”.