The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2003

Amendments of the Prison Rules

4.  In rule 35 (personal letters and visits):

(a)in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (8)” substitute “paragraphs (2A) and (8)”; and

(b)after paragraph (2) insert:

(2A) A prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order relates shall be entitled to receive a visit only where the governor considers that desirable having regard to the extent to which he has been unable to meet with his friends and family in the periods during which he has been temporarily released on licence..