The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1996

Insertion of rule 123A into the principal Rules

44.  After rule 123 of the principal Rules there is inserted the following rule:—

“Temporary release for work or educational placements

123A.— (1) The Governor may grant temporary release to an eligible prisoner for the purpose of enabling the prisoner—

(a) to undertake an unescorted work placement outside prison in terms of rule 70; or

(b) to attend unescorted at a college, university or other educational establishment in order to participate in vocational training or an educational class.

(2) For the purposes of this rule, a prisoner is an eligible prisoner only if at the time of the temporary release being granted—

(a) he is not disqualified from consideration for any reason specified in rule 124; and

(b) he is assigned either security category D or limited category D.

(3) The Governor shall not grant temporary release under this rule to a prisoner who is assigned security category limited category D unless he has obtained the prior consent of the Secretary of State.”.