Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 2142

The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1989

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1989 No. 2142

YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 47 of the Prison Act 1952^[1] , I hereby make the following Rules:

    1.    These Rules may be cited as the Young Offender Institution (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1989 and shall come into force on 18th December 1989.

    2.    The Young Offender Institution Rules 1988^[2] shall be amended as follows:
 (a) in rule 46(2) (removal from association), for the words "24 hours" there shall be substituted the words "3 days" ;
 (b) in rule 53(2)^[3] (governor's punishments), there shall be added at the end the words", but, in the case of forfeiture of remission of sentence, the total period forfeited shall not exceed 28 days." .

David Waddington

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

20th November 1989

These Rules amend the Young Offender Institution Rules 1988, as amended, in two respects.

Rule 2(a) extends the period during which an inmate can be removed from association with other inmates without the authority of a member of the board of visitors or of the Secretary of State from 24 hours to three days.

Rule 2(b) limits to 28 days the total period of forfeiture of remission of sentence where the governor punishes an inmate for the commission of more than one offence against discipline arising out of an incident.

[1] 1952 c. 52; section 47 was extended by section 23(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39), section 13(5) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 17 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33); and amended by Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 1961, section 66(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), paragraph 33 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) and paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982. Section 47 of the 1952 Act was also affected by an amendment to section 52(2) of that Act by section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 contains amendments affecting these provisions. back

[2] S.I. 1988/1422, as amended by S.I. 1989/331. back

[3] As substituted by S.I. 1989/331. back