# The Prison (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2000, Article 7: Amendment of Rules For paragraph (1) of rule 73 there shall be substituted the following paragraph: β€œ(1) Without prejudice to any other powers to prohibit or restrict entry to prisons, or his powers under rules 34 and 35, the Secretary of State may prohibit visits by a person to a prison or to a prisoner in a prison for such periods of time as he considers necessary if the Secretary of State considers that such a prohibition isβ€” (a) necessary on grounds specified in rule 35A(4); and (b) is proportionate to what is sought to be achieved by the prohibition.” --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2641/article/7 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-no-2-rules-2000/article-7 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.