# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006 (“the principal Rules”).
Rule 95 of the principal Rules provides that a prisoner must not have a prohibited article in their possession whilst in prison. Rule 2(2) of these Rules amends the definition of a prohibited article in rule 5(1) of the principal Rules to include personal communication devices, such as mobile telephones or component parts of mobile telephones.
Schedule 2 to the principal Rules makes provision for the constitution of visiting committees for prisons. Rule 2(3) of these Rules amends Schedule 2 to provide for the constitution of the visiting committee for Addiewell prison.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/377/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-amendment-rules-2008/note
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