Article 40 Amendment of rule 120 of the principal Rules

Rule 120 of the principal Rules (short home leave, Christmas and summer leave and pre-Training for Freedom leave) is amended by substituting for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3) the following sub-paragraph:—

“(b)

is either—

(i)

a life prisoner; or

(ii)

a prisoner serving a sentence for a term of more than 1 year and who has served not less than 6 months or one third of the term of the sentence, whichever expires the later;”.