Part 11Miscellaneous
Industrial action by prison officers
I1138Amendment of section 127 of Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
1
Section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (inducements to prison officers to withhold services or breach discipline) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), for paragraph (a) substitute—
a
to take (or continue to take) any industrial action;
3
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
In subsection (1) “industrial action” means—
a
the withholding of services as a prison officer; or
b
any action that would be likely to put at risk the safety of any person (whether a prisoner, a person working at or visiting a prison, a person working with prisoners or a member of the public).
4
In subsection (4), after paragraph (a) insert—
aa
holds any post, other than as a chaplain or assistant chaplain, to which he has been appointed for the purposes of section 7 of the Prison Act 1952 (appointment of prison staff),
5
In subsection (4), after paragraph (aa) (inserted by subsection (4) above) insert—
b
holds any post, otherwise than as a medical officer, to which he has been appointed for the purposes of section 3(1A) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989;