1. After rule 55A(1) (adjudicator’s punishments) insert—
“Requirement to pay for damage to prison property
55AB.—(1) This rule applies where a prisoner is found guilty of an offence under rule 51(17) or 51(17A) in respect of destroying or damaging any part of a prison or any other property belonging to a prison (“the relevant disciplinary offence”).
(2) The governor or, as the case may be, the adjudicator must require the prisoner to pay for the cost of making good the damage from, or replacing any property destroyed as a result of, the commission of the relevant disciplinary offence.
(3) A requirement imposed under paragraph (2) is referred to in this rule and in rules 55B, 61 and 61A as a “compensation requirement”.
(4) The amount required to be paid under a compensation requirement must not exceed the cost of making good the damage from, or replacing any property destroyed as a result of, the commission of the relevant disciplinary offence and, in any event, must not exceed £2,000.
(5) A compensation requirement may be imposed instead of or in addition to any punishment imposed under rule 55 or 55A.
(6) A compensation requirement ceases to have effect after two years from the date on which it was imposed regardless of whether or not the full amount has been paid.”.
Rule 55A was inserted by S.I. 2002/2116. There is an amendment but it is not relevant.