Extent Information
E1Ss. 93 to 101 extend to England and Wales only; ss. 93, 95 and 101(8) extend also to the British Islands so far as relating to the delivery of prisoners to or from premises situated in a part of the British Islands outside England and Wales see s. 172(7)(11)
For section 83 of the 1991 Act there shall be substituted the following section—
(1)This section applies where a prisoner for whose delivery or custody a prisoner custody officer has been responsible in pursuance of prisoner escort arrangements is delivered to a prison.
(2)For the purposes of such prison rules as relate to disciplinary offences, the prisoner shall be deemed to have been—
(a)in the custody of the governor of the prison; or
(b)in the case of a contracted out prison, in the custody of its director,
at all times during the period for which the prisoner custody officer was so responsible.
(3)In the case of any breach by the prisoner at any time during that period of such prison rules as so relate, a disciplinary charge may be laid against him by the prisoner custody officer.
(4)Nothing in this section shall enable a prisoner to be punished under prison rules for any act or omission of his for which he has already been punished by a court.
(5)In this section “prison rules”, in relation to a prison situated in a part of the British Islands outside England and Wales, means rules made under any provision of the law of that part which corresponds to section 47 of the 1952 Act.”.
Extent Information
E2S. 95 extends to England and Wales and the British Islands see s. 172(7)(11)