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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-scotland-amendment-rules-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2227",
  "legislation_title": "The Prison (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-scotland-amendment-rules-1993",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules make various amendments to the Prison (Scotland) Rules 1952.\nProvision is made for awards of additional days which replaces forfeiture of remission as a punishment available to the Governor of a prison in respect of a short-term or long-term prisoner, or a prisoner on remand who subsequently becomes such a prisoner, who is guilty of an offence against discipline. Short-term and long-term prisoners have the same meaning as in Part I of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993.\nThe existing Rule 37 relating to remission is saved for existing prisoners, that is, prisoners who are already serving a sentence of imprisonment on 1st October 1993, because Part I of the 1993 Act does not apply to such prisoners.\nThe disciplinary offences in Rule 42 are amended to delete the offence of mutiny or incitement of other prisoners to mutiny.\nThese Rules are also amended to include new provisions relating to correspondence between a prisoner and his legal adviser or any court. “Court” is deemed to include the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Commission of Human Rights. All such correspondence may only be opened where there is cause to believe that it contains a prohibited article. Correspondence with a legal adviser may only be read in exceptional circumstances. Correspondence between a prisoner and a court may not be read even if it has been opened because there is cause to believe it may contain a prohibited article.\nThe Rules also revoke certain provisions in consequence of the main amendments. The provisions relating to disciplinary functions of visiting committees are also revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2227/note",
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  "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."
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