SCHEDULE 1Amendment of the Prison Rules 1999

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After rule 61 insert—

Enforcement of compensation requirements61A

1

Where a compensation requirement has been imposed under rule 55AB(2), the governor may debit any amount of money with which the prisoner has been credited in the books of the prison under rule 43(3) in order to recover the whole or part of the amount required to be paid under the compensation requirement.

2

The amount debited under paragraph (1) on any occasion must not be such as to reduce below £5 the amount with which the prisoner is credited in the books of the prison under rule 43(3).

3

Where—

a

a compensation requirement has been imposed under rule 60AB(2) of the Young Offender Rules 20007, and

b

the person against whom the compensation requirement was imposed is detained in a prison,

the compensation order may be enforced under paragraph (1) as if it was a compensation requirement imposed under rule 55AB(2).