http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/116Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994An Act to make further provision in relation to criminal justice (including employment in the prison service); to amend or extend the criminal law and powers for preventing crime and enforcing that law; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; and for purposes connected with those purposes.1994-11-03texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-10Expert Participation2026-06-29 Part VIII Prison Services and the Prison Service Chapter II Scotland Supplemental Minor and consequential amendments.1161. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Section 33 of that Act (miscellaneous duties of prison governor) shall cease to have effect.3After section 33 of that Act there shall be inserted the following section— Power of governor to delegate functions.33ARules made under section 39 of this Act may permit the governor of a prison to authorise an officer of the prison, or a class of such officers, to exercise on his behalf such of the governor’s functions as the rules may specify..4In section 39 of that Act (prison rules)—ain subsection (1), after “Act” there shall be inserted “ or any other enactment ”;bin subsection (8), for “the purpose so specified” there shall be substituted “ any purpose specified in the rules ”; andcafter subsection (11), there shall be inserted the following subsection—12Rules made under this section may (without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above) confer functions on a governor..Pt. VIII Chapter II extends to Scotland only except that ss. 102(1) to (3), 104, 105 and 117 extend also to the British Islands so far as relating to the transfer of prisoners to or from premises situated in a part of the British Islands outside Scotland see s. 172(12)S. 116(1) repealed (31.8.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/39), art. 1, sch. para. 3(4)