# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1996, Article 25: Amendment of rule 98 of the principal Rules


Rule 98 of the principal Rules (adjudication of charges) is amended by the insertion after paragraph (4) of the following paragraph:—
“(5) It shall be a defence for a prisoner charged with a breach of discipline contrary to paragraph (x) of Schedule 3 to show that—
(a) the controlled drug had been, prior to its administration, lawfully in his possession for his use or was administered to him in the course of a lawful supply of the drug to him by another person;
(b) the controlled drug was administered by or to him in circumstances in which he did not know and had no reason to suspect that such a drug was being administered; or
(c) the controlled drug was administered by or to him under duress or to him without his consent in circumstances where it was not reasonable for him to have resisted.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/32/article/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1996/article-25
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