The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2021

Amendment of the Young Offender Institution Rules 2000

3.—(1) The Young Offender Institution Rules 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In rule 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “officer” insert—

““pharmacy medicine” has the meaning given in regulation 8 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

“prescription only medicine” has the meaning given in regulation 8 the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

“psychoactive substance” has the same meaning as in the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016;”.

(3) In rule 53 (compulsory testing for controlled drugs)—

(a) in the title, after “controlled drugs” insert “, pharmacy medicines and other substances etc.”;

(b) in paragraph 1, after “controlled drug” insert “, pharmacy medicine, prescription only medicine, psychoactive substance or specified substance”.

(4) In rule 55 (offences against discipline)—

(a) in paragraph 10, after “controlled drug” insert “, pharmacy medicine, prescription only medicine, psychoactive substance or specified substance”;

(b) in paragraph 27, after “controlled drug” insert “, pharmacy medicine, prescription only medicine, psychoactive substance or specified substance”.

(5) In rule 56 (defences to rule 55(10))—

(a) in the words before paragraph (a), after “to show that” insert “the controlled drug, pharmacy medicine, prescription only medicine, psychoactive substance or specified substance”;

(b) in paragraph (a)—

(i) omit “the controlled drug”;

(ii) after “supply of the drug” insert “, medicine or substance”;

(c) in paragraph (b)—

(i) omit “the controlled drug”;

(ii) after “such a drug” insert “, medicine or substance”;

(d) in paragraph (c) omit “the controlled drug”.

(1)

S.I. 2000/3371, amended by S.I. 2005/897, S.I. 2018/960, S.I. 2020/400 and section 2(4) of the Prisons (Substance Testing) Act 2021. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.