The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1998

Insertion of new rule 132A into the principal Rules

53.  In Part 16 of the principal Rules (visiting committees) there is inserted before rule 133 (constitution of visiting committees) the following rule:–

Application of Part 16

132A.(1) Except as mentioned in the following provisions of this rule, this Part shall apply to visiting committees for prisons and young offenders institutions.

(2) Rule 133A does not apply to visiting committees for prisons.

(3) In the application of this part to young offenders institutions and visiting committees for such institutions–

(a)in rule 134–

(i)paragraph (2) shall not apply; and

(ii)in paragraph (5), the words “required to be” shall be omitted; and

(b)rules 133 and 140A and Schedule 4 and 4A shall not apply..