# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1998, Article 18: Amendment of rule 31 of the principal Rules


(1) Rule 31 of the principal Rules (transfer to hospital for treatment for mental disorder) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this rule.
(2) In paragraphs (1) and (2), for the words “the medical officer”, where they occur in each of those paragraphs, there are substituted the words “a medical officer”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1589/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1998/article-18
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