Introductory text
PRISONS
Made at 10.45 a.m. on 2nd October 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament at 2.30 p.m. on 2nd October 2025
Coming into force 10th November 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1989 c. 45 (“1989 Act”). Section 39 was amended by the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9), sections 24 and 25, schedule 5, paragraph 6(6)(b) and schedule 7, Part 1, paragraph 1; the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (“1994 Act”), section 116(4); the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40), schedule 4, paragraph 75(4)(a); the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), schedule 8, paragraph 71 and schedule 10; the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), section 55(2), the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), schedule 13(7), paragraph 51(2) and the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5), schedule, paragraph 14(5). The 1989 Act was also relevantly amended by the 1994 Act, section 116(3). The functions of the Secretary of State, insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), section 53.