{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/23",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Amendment) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-amendment-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After rule 43 of the Prison Rules 1964 there shall be inserted the following rule:\n“Close supervision centres\n43A (1) Where it appears desirable, for the maintenance of good order or discipline or to ensure the safety of of|fi|cers, prisoners or any other person, that a prisoner should not associate with other prisoners, either generally or for particular purposes, the Secretary of State may direct the prisoner’s removal from association accordingly and his placement in a close supervision centre of a prison.\n(2) A direction given under paragraph 1 of this rule shall be for a period not exceeding one month, but may be renewed from time to time for a like period.\n(3) The Secretary of State may direct that such a prisoner as aforesaid shall resume association with other prisoners, either within a close supervision centre or elsewhere.\n(4) In exercising any discretion under this rule, the Secretary of State shall take account of any relevant medical considerations which are known to him.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1964/388, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/23/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:39:33.914562+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."
}