{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1998/article-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1998/article-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1589",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Amendment of rule 80 of the principal Rules",
  "text": "(1) Rule 80 of the principal Rules (removal from association) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this rule.\n(2) In paragraph (3)–\n(a) for sub-paragraph (d) there is substituted the following sub-paragraph:–\n“(d) participating in any activity mentioned in rule 75(1)(a)(i) or (b)(i) or spending time in the open air in accordance with rule 75(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii);”;\n(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (e) there is inserted the word “;or”; and\n(c) after sub paragraph (e), there is inserted the following sub-paragraph:–\n“(f) attendance at any religious service or meeting which he would otherwise have been entitled to attend in terms of rule 38(1).”.\n(3) In paragraph (5), after the words “removed from association generally” there are inserted the words “or during any period he is engaged in or taking part in a prescribed activity”.\n(4) Paragraph (7) is omitted.\n(5) For paragraph (8) there is substituted the following paragraph:–\n“(8) The Governor–\n(a) may–\n(i) cancel an order under paragraph (1) at any time if he considers it appropriate to do so;\n(ii) vary an order made under paragraph (1) in terms of which the prisoner has been removed from association generally in order to restrict the effect of that order to removal from association during any period the prisoner is engaged in or taking part in any one or more prescribed activities as he may specify in the variation order;\n(iii) if appropriate, further vary an order under paragraph (1) which has previously been varied under sub-paragraph (ii) above by further restricting the number of prescribed activities to which removal from association applies; or\n(b) shall cancel any order under paragraph (1) if a medical officer advises on medical grounds that he should do so.”.\n(6) After paragraph (9), there is inserted the following paragraph:–\n“(10) Where a prisoner has been removed from association under this rule, a medical officer shall visit that prisoner as soon as practicable and thereafter as often as is necessary but at least once in every 7 days.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1589/article/32",
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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."
}