Article 3 Amendment of the Prison Rules 1999

In rule 2(1) (interpretation), the following definition shall be added in the appropriate place—

““information technology equipment” includes any laptop or notebook computer, desktop computer, gaming console, handheld computing device, personal organiser or any electronic device containing a computer processor and capable of connecting to the internet, and any reference to information technology equipment includes a reference to–

(a)

a component part of a device of that description; or

(b)

any article designed or adapted for use with any information technology equipment (including any disk, film or other separate article on which images, sounds, computer code or other information may be stored or recorded)”.