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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Prisons
Made
28th January 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
30th January 2014
Coming into force
3rd March 2014
The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 and 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1989 c.45; section 8 was amended by the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 14), section 21(6); section 39 was amended by the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.9) (“the 1993 Act”), section 24 and 25, Schedule 5, paragraph 6(6)(b) and Schedule 7, paragraph 1; the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33), section 116(4); the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 75(4)(a); and the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37), Schedule 8, paragraph 71 and Schedule 10, paragraph 1. Section 39 is to be read with section 19 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989, as amended by the 1993 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 6(4). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 53.
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