Section 103 Monitoring of prisoner escort arrangements.

Scotland

(1)

Prisoner escort arrangements shall include the appointment of a prisoner escort monitor, that is to say, a F1member of the staff of the Scottish Administration whose duty it shall be—

(a)

to keep the arrangements under review and to report on them to the F2Scottish Ministers

(b)

to investigate and report to the Scottish Ministers on any allegations made against prisoner custody officers acting in pursuance of the arrangements; and

(c)

to report to the Scottish Ministers on any alleged breaches of discipline on the part of prisoners for whose transfer or custody such officers so acting are responsible.

F3(2)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 103(1) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 115(2)(a); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2
F2: Words in s. 103(1) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2, Pt. I, para. 115(2)(b); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2
F3: S. 103(2) repealed (S.) (31.8.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/39), art. 1, sch. para. 3(2)

Notes on Chapter II

Extent

E1: Pt. VIII Chapter II extends to Scotland only except that ss. 102(1) to (3), 104, 105 and 117 extend also to the British Islands so far as relating to the transfer of prisoners to or from premises situated in a part of the British Islands outside Scotland see s. 172(12)