The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2022
2022 No. 73
Prisons
The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2022
Made 23th February 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th February 2022
Coming into force 30th March 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 19891and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2022 and come into force on 30 March 2022.
Amendment of the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011
2. In rule 2(1) (Interpretation) of the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 20112in the definition of “for the duration of a coronavirus outbreak” for “31 March 2022” substitute “30 September 2022”.
KEITH BROWN
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd February 2022
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011 (“the Prison Rules”) in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Rule 2(1) of the Prison Rules is amended to extend the definition of “for the duration of a coronavirus outbreak” to mean the time period starting with the commencement of the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 20203and continuing until 30 September 2022.
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