# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1996, 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;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/32/article/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1996/article-40
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