Article 2 Application to young offenders institutions and young offenders

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), these Rules apply to young offenders institutions and–

(a)

to persons on whom detention in a young offenders institution has been imposed under section 207(2) or 415(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975^f1; and

(b)

persons sentenced under section 205 of that Act^f2 to be detained without limit of time or for life and who are directed or sentenced to be detained in a young offenders institution,

as they apply to prisons and prisoners; and references in these Rules to prison, prisoner, imprisonment or a sentence of imprisonment shall be construed, except where the context otherwise requires, as references to young offenders institutions, young offender, detention or a sentence of detention in a young offenders institution respectively.

(2)

The application of these Rules as mentioned in paragraph (1) is subject to the exceptions and modifications set out in Schedule 1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1975 c. 21; sections 207 and 415 were substituted by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62), section 45.
f2: Section 205 was substituted by the said Act of 1980, section 43.