Section 57 Cross-border transfer of prisonersC1

Not yet in force

(1)

The Scottish Ministers may by order make provision for or in connection with—

(a)

the transfer of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment in Scotland from Scotland to a place outwith Scotland,

(b)

the transfer to, and confinement in, Scotland of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed outwith Scotland.

(2)

An order under subsection (1) may—

(a)

include provision modifying the application of Part 2 in relation to persons specified in the order,

(b)

modify any other enactment.

Annotations

C1: Pt. 2 power to modify conferred (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 2(2), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 2