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Statutory Instruments
YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
10th October 2007
Laid before Parliament
11th October 2007
Coming into force
1st November 2007
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952(1), makes the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2007 and shall come into force on 1st November 2007.
2. For rule 86(1)(b)(i) of the Young Offender Institution Rules 2000(2) substitute—
“(i)in rule 85 the reference to a governor shall include a reference to a controller appointed by the Secretary of State under section 85(1)(b) of the 1991 Act; and”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
David Hanson
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
10th October 2007
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Young Offender Institution Rules 2000 (“the 2000 Rules”) in order to reflect changes to the powers and responsibilities of directors in contracted out prions within the meaning of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.Prison includes a young offenders institution for the purposes of the 1991 Act. The changes in question are made by section 19 of the Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21) so as to enable a director to conduct certain disciplinary hearings relating to prisoners and to take specified measures relating to the segregation and restraint of prisoners, whether or not the need for those measures is urgent.
These Rules remove references from the 2000 Rules that reflected the prohibition on directors carrying out those tasks which was in place prior to the changes made by the 2007 Act.
S.I. 2000/3371. Rule 86 has been amended by S.I.2002/2117.
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