{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-release-of-prisoners-scotland-regulations-2025/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-release-of-prisoners-scotland-regulations-2025/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2025/343",
  "legislation_title": "The Early Release of Prisoners (Scotland) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/early-release-of-prisoners-scotland-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PRISONS\nMade 6th November 2025\nComing into force 10th November 2025\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3C of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 3D(1) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nThe Scottish Ministers are satisfied that making these Regulations is necessary and proportionate, in response to the effects that an emergency situation is having, and is likely to have, on prisons generally, for the purposes of protecting (a) the security and good order of prisons, or (b) the health, safety and welfare of prisoners, or those working, in prisons.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 9. Section 3C was inserted by section 11(2) of the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 3D was inserted by section 11(2) of the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/343/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:33:14.943582+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}