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”). Rule 2(8) of these Rules replaces rule 60 of the Prison Rules in order to allow Governors a discretion to take reasonable steps to prevent or restrict correspondence following a request made under rule 60(1). The new rule 60 also allows the Scottish Ministers to make provision in a direction about its operation. The remaining rules are technical amendments designed to clarify minor points in the Prison Rules.