(1)The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) is amended as follows.
(2)In section 19 (remand centres and young offenders institutions), in subsection (1)(b), for second “offenders” to the end substitute “persons not less than 18 but under 21 years of age—
“(i)sentenced to detention in a young offenders institution, or
(ii)remanded or committed in custody for trial or sentence,
may be kept.”.
(3)The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/331) are amended as follows.
(4)In rule 2(1) (interpretation), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “young offender”, for “16” substitute “18”.