The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2002 No. 2116

SCHEDULE AMENDMENTS TO THE PRISON RULES 1999

2.  In rule 53 (disciplinary charges):

(a) at the end of paragraph (2), there shall be added:

• “or, as the case may be, the adjudicator”;

  (b)

  for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

  “(3) Every charge shall be first inquired into not later, save in exceptional circumstances or in accordance with rule 55A(5), than:

  (a) where it is inquired into by the governor, the next day, not being a Sunday or public holiday, after it is laid;

  (b) where it is referred to the adjudicator under rule 53A(2), 28 days after it is so referred.”;

  (c)

  at the end of paragraph (4), there shall be added:

• “or determination under rule 53A”.