Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1663

The Prison (Amendment) Rules 1996

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1996 No. 1663

PRISONS

The Prison (Amendment) Rules 1996

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 Prison (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 22nd July 1996.

    2.    The Prison Rules 1964^[2] shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules.

    3.    Without prejudice to the operation of the Interpretation Act 1978^[3], any appointment of a chairman or a vice chairman of a board of visitors for a prison made under rule 92(3) of the Prison Rules 1964 as in force prior to the commencement of these Rules shall be deemed to have been made under rule 92(3) of the Prison Rules 1964 as substituted by paragraph 4 of the Schedule to these Rules.

Michael Howard

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

24th June 1996

[1] 1952 c. 52; section 47 was affected by an amendment to section 52(2) of that Act by section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) and is extended by section 6 of the Prison Act 1952. back

[2] S.I. 1964/388; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1971/2019, 1989/330 and 1994/3195. back

[3] 1978 c. 30. back

Explanatory Note