70(1)Section 16 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (discharge of prisoners) which, notwithstanding its repeal by the M1Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993, is an “existing provision” for the purposes of Schedule 6 to that Act of 1993, shall for those purposes be amended as follows.S
(2)In subsection (1), for the words “or Sunday” there shall be substituted the words “ Sunday or public holiday ”.
(3)At the end there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(3)For the purposes of this section “public holiday” means any day on which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, public offices or other facilities likely to be of use to the prisoner in the area in which he is likely to be following his discharge from prison will be closed.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 70 wholly in force; Sch. 8 para. 70 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(2) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)
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71SIn section 39 of that Act (rules for the management of prisons)—
(a)in subsection (7)—
(i)at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to subsection (7A) below, ”;
(ii)for the words “a short-term or long-term prisoner within the meaning of” there shall be substituted the words “ any person who is, or is treated as, a long-term or short-term prisoner for the purposes of any provision of ”; and
(iii)the words from “and the foregoing” to the end shall cease to have effect; and
(b)after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(7A)Additional days shall not be awarded under rules made under subsection (7) above in respect of a sentence where the prisoner has at any time been released on licence, in relation to that sentence, under Part I of the M2Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993; and any reference to a sentence in such rules shall be construed in accordance with section 27(5) of that Act.
(7B)In the application of subsection (7) above to a prisoner subject to an extended sentence within the meaning of section 210A of the 1995 Act, the reference to his sentence shall be construed as a reference to the custodial term of that extended sentence.”
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 8 para. 71 wholly in force; Sch. 8 para. 71 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(2) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)
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