# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994, Article 112: Requests for restoration of forfeited remission or rescinding awards of additional days


(1) Without prejudice to rule 111(1), if a prisoner desires to make a request for the–
(a) remission or mitigation of any award of additional days which has been made in terms of rule 100(1)(e); or
(b) restoration of any remission of sentence which has been forfeited in terms of rules 100(1)(f),
he may make that request in writing directly to the Governor.
(2) The Governor shall consider the request and may grant it, either in whole or in part, if–
(a) the prisoner’s conduct has been exemplary for a sustained period of time; or
(b) whether or not his conduct has been exemplary for a sustained period, the grant of the request is justified by particularly meritorious conduct demonstrated at any time subsequent to the award of additional days or the forfeiture of remission of sentence.
(3) The Governor shall inform the prisoner of his decision in writing within 7 days of the date on which the request was made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/112 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-112
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