{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-rules-1999/article-31A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-rules-1999/article-31A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/728",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-rules-1999",
  "path": "article/31A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31A",
  "heading": "Prescription of certain matters in respect of prisoners’ earnings",
  "text": "(1) The amount prescribed for the purpose of section 1(1)(b) of the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) is £20.\n(2) The percentage prescribed for the purpose of section 1(2) of the 1996 Act is 40%.\n(3) All amounts deducted or levied under section 1 of the 1996 Act shall be applied for the purpose referred to in section 2(1)(a) of the 1996 Act.\n(4) Victim Support is prescribed as a voluntary organisation to which payments may be made under section 2(1)(a) of the 1996 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 31A inserted (26.9.2011) by The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/1663), rule 1, Sch. 1 para. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/728/article/31A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:09.622939+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."
}