PART 15TEMPORARY RELEASE
Direction with respect to temporary release147.
For the purposes of temporary release consisting of any form of leave or release specified in rules 140 to 144, the Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction–
(a)
the prisons or any halls within or parts of particular prisons to which any of those rules applies;
(b)
the manner in which the Governor shall consider an application for any such form of temporary release;
(c)
the relevant criteria about which the Governor must be satisfied before granting any such form of temporary release;
(d)
the conditions which may be imposed in relation to any approval of such an application;
(e)
the timing and duration of any such form of temporary release and the frequency with which it may be granted to an eligible prisoner; and
(f)
the persons who are to be treated as a near relative of the prisoner.