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8. In rule 65 (adult female inmates: disciplinary punishments):
(a)in paragraph (1)(d), the words “of an amount not exceeding 42 days earnings” shall be omitted;
(b)in paragraph (1)(e), for the words “14 days” there shall be substituted the words “21 days”;
(c)paragraph (1)(f) shall be omitted;
(d)after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
“(1A) In the case of a female inmate aged 21 years or over, where a charge has been referred to the adjudicator, rule 60A shall not apply, but the adjudicator may if he finds the inmate guilty of an offence against discipline, impose one or more of the following punishments:
(a)any of the punishments mentioned in paragraph (1);
(b)in the case of an inmate who is a short-term or long-term prisoner, an award of additional days not exceeding 42 days.”;
(e)after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraphs:
“(3) Paragraph (1A) applies to an inmate who has been charged with having committed an offence against discipline before the date on which that paragraph came into force, in the same was as it applies to an inmate who has been charged with having committed an offence against discipline on or after that date, provided the charge is referred to the adjudicator no later than 60 days after that date.
(4) Rule 58(3) shall not apply to a charge where, by virtue of paragraph (3), paragraph (1A) applies to the inmate who has been charged.”.
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